Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 18, 2007, 4:14 AM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 18, 2007, 10:00 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
- Oct 18, 2007, 4:14 AM MDT (10:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 18, 2007, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 18, 2007, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent 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, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2375 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -55 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 181014 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 414 AM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A RED FAG WARNING FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 1000 AM TO 700 PM TODAY...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...AND FREMONT COUNTY...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW DAY TIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR TODAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 AM...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY MID AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR SPREADS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. COZ221-222-225>237-190100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0003.071018T1600Z-071019T0100Z/ 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- 414 AM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING AREA INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 50 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15% BY AFTERNOON...AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS COULD LEAD TO LARGE RATES OF FIRE SPREAD SHOULD ANY FIRE STARTS OCCUR. 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. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 181517 CCA RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 414 AM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 1000 AM TO 700 PM TODAY...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...AND FREMONT COUNTY...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW DAY TIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR TODAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 AM...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY MID AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR SPREADS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. COZ221-222-225>237-190100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0003.071018T1600Z-071019T0100Z/ 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- 414 AM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING AREA INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 50 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15% BY AFTERNOON...AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS COULD LEAD TO LARGE RATES OF FIRE SPREAD SHOULD ANY FIRE STARTS OCCUR. 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 181521 AAA RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 921 AM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 1000 AM TO 700 PM TODAY...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...AND FREMONT COUNTY...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW DAY TIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR TODAY. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS BETWEEN 1000 AND 1100 AM...THEN SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS BY MID AFTERNOON AS DRIER AIR SPREADS FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE AREA. COZ221-222-225>237-190100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0003.071018T1600Z-071019T0100Z/ 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- 921 AM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING AREA INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING...WITH GUSTS OF UP TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND 50 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY AFTERNOON...AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS COULD LEAD TO LARGE RATES OF FIRE SPREAD SHOULD ANY FIRE STARTS OCCUR. 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. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 182111 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 311 PM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR 1000 AM TO 700 PM TODAY...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE LOWER EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK...AND FREMONT COUNTY...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT BECAUSE OF THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...RESULTING IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FOR THE SOUTH EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. COZ221-222-225>237-190100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071019T0100Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 311 PM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING AREA INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS COULD LEAD TO LARGE RATES OF FIRE SPREAD SHOULD ANY FIRE STARTS OCCUR. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 190059 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 659 PM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... .DIMINISHING WINDS...ALONG WITH COOLING TEMPERATURES AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT. COZ221-222-225>237-190200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-071019T0100Z/ 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- 659 PM MDT THU OCT 18 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. $$
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.