Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2006
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 21, 2006, 9:28 PM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 22, 2006, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 21, 2006, 9:28 PM MDT (03:28 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2006, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2006, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 3:30 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Nw Ellicott, CO | |
| May 22, 3:40 PM MDT | TORNADO | 1 W Ellicott, CO | HOME DAMAGED |
| May 22, 3:43 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | 2 Se Ellicott, CO | |
| May 22, 5:52 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 64 | Trinidad, CO | |
| May 22, 8:31 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | Trinidad, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 281 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3899 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KPUB 220328 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 928 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND STRONG WIND GUSTS...IS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY BETWEEN 0900 AND 2100 LOCAL...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 10000 FEET FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 225...WHICH IS ALL MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY AND MONDAY EVENING. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE A DRY LIGHTNING OUTBREAK ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. COZ226>237-220430- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0017.060522T1800Z-060523T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 928 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ COZ220>225-221930- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0017.060522T1800Z-060523T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0021.060522T1500Z-060523T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 928 PM MDT SUN MAY 21 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY BRINGING SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND A DRY LIGHTNING OUTBREAK ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND SAN LUIS VALLEY. THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 225 WHICH IS THE UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEY...TELLER COUNTY AND RAMPART RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE DISTRICT. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 221234 CCA RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 455 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND STRONG WINDS...IS IN EFFECT FROM 0900 TO 2100 LOCAL TODAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 10000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 225...WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE EASTERN PLAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FROM 0900 TO 2100 LOCAL TODAY. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION TODAY. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND STRONG WINDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH. COZ220>225-230300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.060522T1500Z-060523T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 455 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES ALL MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AS WELL AS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND UPPER ARKANSAS VALLEYS. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY PRODUCING SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING. THIS...IN COMBINATION WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND WINDS SPEEDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH...WILL RESULT IN DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE DISTRICT TODAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ226>237-230300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0018.060523T1500Z-060524T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 455 AM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS ON TUESDAY. WINDS MAY BLOW IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. CONSEQUENTLY...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ LW
000 WWUS85 KPUB 222042 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 242 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND STRONG WINDS...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2100 LOCAL TODAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 10000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 225...WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS...IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE EASTERN PLAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 2100 LOCAL TODAY. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THIS EVENING...THEN ACROSS COLORADO OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. THIS SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. ON TUESDAY...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BEHIND THE EXITING STORM SYSTEM. THIS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND THE ONGOING DROUGHT CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. COZ221-222-225-230300- /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.A.0018.060523T1500Z-060524T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060523T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 242 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS AREA INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAINS...FREMONT COUNTY...AND TELLER COUNTY BELOW 10000 FEET. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON. WITH THE LOW LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE INITIALLY STARTING OUT DRY...THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...BUT LITTLE RAINFALL. STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS SAME REGION ON TUESDAY. WINDS MAY GUST IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. CONSEQUENTLY...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ COZ220-223-224-230300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-060523T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY- 242 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...BELOW 10000 FEET. THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY OF CHAFFEE AND LAKE COUNTIES. SCATTERED DRY LIGHTNING WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LIGHTNING CAUSED FIRE STARTS. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS WILL TRANSITION TO THE WET VARIETY LATER THIS EVENING AS MORE MOISTURE MOVES INTO THE REGION. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL OCCUR. A COMBINATION OF DRY LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ226>237-231245- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0018.060523T1500Z-060524T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 242 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS ON TUESDAY. WINDS MAY BLOW IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. CONSEQUENTLY...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE POTENTIAL OF DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 4:55 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 23 hr |
| May 22, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 63 min |
| May 22, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| May 22, 3:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| May 22, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 48 min |
| May 22, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 45 min |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2006Every red flag warning in 2006
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.