Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 1, 2008, 2:57 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 1, 2008, 9:40 AM MST. 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
- Mar 1, 2008, 2:57 AM MST (09:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 1, 2008, 9:40 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 1, 2008, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:57 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3744 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 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 010958 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 257 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE ZONES 226 THROUGH 237 SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 25 MPH...HUMIDITY VALUES 15 PERCENT OR LESS...MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...HAINES OF 5...AND MODERATE DROUGHT... .A WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM... WINDY...WARM...AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COZ227>237-020100- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0001.080301T1900Z-080302T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0001.080301T1800Z-080302T0100Z/ 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- 257 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO... PUEBLO... HUERFANO... LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA... BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO FIRE DISTRICTS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS COULD REACH 25 MPH OR GREATER...GENERALLY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. THE WINDY CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...HAINES VALUES AROUND 5...AND ABNORMAL TO MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS...COULD RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRES START SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. 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. $$ COZ226-020100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0001.080301T1800Z-080302T0100Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 257 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO... PUEBLO... HUERFANO... LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA... BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO FIRE DISTRICTS THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS COULD REACH 25 MPH OR GREATER...GENERALLY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. THE WINDY CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...HAINES VALUES AROUND 5...AND ABNORMAL TO MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS...COULD RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRES START SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ HODANISH
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 011648 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 948 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW EFFECT FOR FIRE ZONES 226 THROUGH 237 UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 25 MPH...HUMIDITY VALUES 15 PERCENT OR LESS...MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...HAINES OF 5...AND MODERATE DROUGHT... .A WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM... WINDY...WARM...AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO PLAINS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COZ226>237-020100- /O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0001.080301T1640Z-080302T0100Z/ 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- 948 AM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT... PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO CONTINUE DEVELOPING ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO FIRE TODAY...AND LAST THROUGH EARLY EVENING. SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS COULD REACH 25 MPH OR GREATER...GENERALLY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. THE WINDY CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...HAINES VALUES AROUND 5...AND ABNORMAL TO MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRES START SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. $$ METZE
000 WWUS85 KPUB 012054 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 154 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE ZONES 226 THROUGH 237 UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS AT OR ABOVE 25 MPH...HUMIDITY VALUES 15 PERCENT OR LESS...MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...HAINES OF 5...AND MODERATE DROUGHT... .A WEATHER SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN BY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AHEAD OF THIS WEATHER SYSTEM... WINDY...WARM...AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. COZ226>237-020100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080302T0100Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 154 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT... PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. OCCASIONAL BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS ARE STILL LIKELY IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING WITH SUSTAINED WIND SPEEDS AND GUSTS COULD REACH 25 MPH OR GREATER...GENERALLY ALONG PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. THE WINDY CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH MUCH ABOVE AVERAGE TEMPERATURES...DAYTIME HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...HAINES VALUES AROUND 5...AND ABNORMAL TO MODERATE DROUGHT CONDITIONS...WILL RESULT IN ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR IF FIRES START THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. $$ METZE
000 WWUS85 KPUB 020057 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 557 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON... .COOLING TEMPERATURES AND DECREASING WINDS THROUGH THE EVENING HAS CAUSED THE THREAT FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR TO DIMINISH. COZ226>237-020200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-080302T0100Z/ 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- 557 PM MST SAT MAR 1 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPERATURES WILL CONTINUE TO COOL THROUGH THE EVENING...ALLOWING HUMIDITY LEVELS TO INCREASE AS WINDS GRADUALLY DIMINISH. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 3:14 AM MST | Snow and Blowing Snow Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 15 more | 47 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:14 AM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 12 hr |
| Mar 1, 3:16 PM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 7 more | 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.