Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2007
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 20, 2007, 4:35 AM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 20, 2007, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 20, 2007, 4:35 AM MDT (10:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 20, 2007, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2007, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 10:33 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, 10.6 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -264 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2789 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 171 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 276 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KPUB 201035 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 435 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1100 AM TO 700 PM SATURDAY...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8500 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 COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY. THE WINDS...IN COMBINATION WITH LOW DAY TIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS...WILL RESULT IN CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ221-222-225>237-210100- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0002.071020T1700Z-071021T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0004.071020T1700Z-071021T0100Z/ 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- 435 AM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING BELOW 8500 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE WARNING AREA INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BELOW 8500 FEET...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY AFTERNOON...AND COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH HIGH RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 202059 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS... CONTINUES UNTIL 700 PM THIS EVENING...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8500 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 COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...IS CONTINUING THE RED FLAG WARNING. STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE WINDS...IN COMBINATION WITH LOW DAY TIME RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS...HAVE RESULTED IN FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ221-222-225>237-210100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071021T0100Z/ 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- 259 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 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. THE WARNING AREA INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS BELOW 8500 FEET...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. STRONG WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 40 MPH ACROSS THE PLAINS...AND GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 7 PM. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WILL PRODUCE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH HIGH RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 210050 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 650 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 7 PM THIS EVENING... .WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DECREASE DURING THE EVENING HOURS. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE DISTRICT LATER THIS EVENING AND INTO THE LATE NIGHT HOURS. ONCE THE FRONT GOES BY...RH VALUES WILL DRAMATICALLY INCREASE. COZ221-222-225>237-210200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-071021T0100Z/ 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- 650 PM MDT SAT OCT 20 2007 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 8500 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225..AND 226 THROUGH 237...WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 20, 4:39 AM MDT | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 35 hr |
| Oct 20, 4:39 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 35 hr |
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.