Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 2, 2007, 5:27 AM MDT for 18 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 2, 2007, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 2, 2007, 5:27 AM MDT (11:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2007, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2007, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:32 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 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 021127 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 527 AM MDT MON APR 2 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS...AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...1100 LOCAL THROUGH 2000 LOCAL...FOR FIRE ZONE 224...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222... 225...AND 226 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... TELLER...FREMONT...CUSTER...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS... CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS...AND BACA... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS WILL INCREASE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE DISTRICT TODAY LEADING TO THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ221-222-225>237-030200- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0001.070402T1700Z-070403T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0001.070402T1700Z-070403T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 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- 527 AM MDT MON APR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 20 GUSTING TO 45 MPH...ARE EXPECTED BY THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT AS TEMPERATURES WARM INTO THE 70S AND LOWER 80S. THESE CONDITIONS...IN COMBINATION WITH CRITICAL FUELS...WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ224-030200- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0001.070402T1700Z-070403T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0001.070402T1700Z-070403T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 527 AM MDT MON APR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 15 PERCENT...AND CRITICAL FUELS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID FIRE SPREADS POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ LW
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 022158 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 358 PM MDT MON APR 2 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS...AND DRY FUELS...REMAINS IN EFFECT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THROUGH 2000 LOCAL...FOR FIRE ZONE 224...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222... 225...AND 226 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...AND THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... TELLER... FREMONT...CUSTER...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS... CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS...AND BACA... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR THROUGH MID EVENING...AS A DISTURBANCE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES. WARM TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES ARE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...AND WINDS WILL INCREASE BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ221-222-225>237-030200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070403T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 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- 358 PM MDT MON APR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. SUSTAINED WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH GUSTING TO 30 MPH...WILL CONTINUE THROUGH MID EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE BELOW 15 PERCENT WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S AND LOWER 80S. THESE CONDITIONS...IN COMBINATION WITH CRITICAL FUELS...WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ224-030200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070403T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 358 PM MDT MON APR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THROUGH MID EVENING. THESE STRONG WINDS...COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AROUND 15 PERCENT...AND CRITICAL FUELS WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID FIRE SPREADS POSSIBLE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 030200 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 800 PM MDT MON APR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.. .THE COMBINATION OF DIMINISHING WINDS...COOLING TEMPERATURES...AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DECREASE THE THREAT FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS AFTER 8 PM THIS EVENING. THUS...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING. COZ221-222-225>237-030300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070403T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 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- 800 PM MDT MON APR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. $$ COZ224-030300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-070403T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 800 PM MDT MON APR 2 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. $$ METZE
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.