Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 22, 2008, 4:19 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 23, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 22, 2008, 4:19 PM MDT (22:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2008, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 274 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
- 1807 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 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 222219 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 419 PM MDT TUE APR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 224 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... .LOW HUMIDITIES...ALONG WITH GUSTY AFTERNOON WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND HIGH HAINES INDICES BETWEEN 5 AND 6...WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP OVER A LARGER AREA ON WEDNESDAY. THESE CONDITIONS...ALONG WITH DRY FUELS...HAVE PROMPTED THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...TO ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY UNTIL 9 PM TONIGHT. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ALSO ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... IT ALSO INCLUDES FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES. VERY STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WATCH AREA AND THERE WILL BE LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES OF 5 AND 6 ALONG WITH THE DRY FUELS. COZ224-231430- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0010.080423T1500Z-080424T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0013.080423T1800Z-080424T0400Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080423T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 419 PM MDT TUE APR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM MDT TUESDAY... FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... LOW HUMIDITIES...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH AND HIGH HAINES INDICES BETWEEN 5 AND 6...WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. DRY CONDITIONS WILL RETURN ON WEDNESDAY...WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. 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. $$ COZ222-225>233-231430- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0010.080423T1500Z-080424T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0013.080423T1800Z-080424T0400Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 419 PM MDT TUE APR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND ALSO INCLUDES FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES. ON WEDNESDAY...STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND HIGH HAINES INDICES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH VERY DRY GRASSES AND OTHER FINE FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 230245 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 845 PM MDT TUE APR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...EXPIRES AT 9 PM. ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 224 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... .WINDS WILL DECREASE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY TONIGHT. FOR THIS REASON...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM THIS EVENING. TOMORROW...STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BELOW 15% ACROSS MOST OF THIS REGION. FOR THIS REASON...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. COZ224-231845- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-080423T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.080423T1800Z-080424T0400Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 845 PM MDT TUE APR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. HOWEVER...ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY BETWEEN 12 PM AND 10 PM MDT ON WEDNESDAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... DRY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ONCE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY...WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. 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. $$ COZ222-225>233-231845- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.080423T1800Z-080424T0400Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 845 PM MDT TUE APR 22 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND ALSO INCLUDES FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES. ON WEDNESDAY...STRONG WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ALONG WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND HIGH HAINES INDICIES WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THESE CONDITIONS ALONG WITH VERY DRY GRASSES AND OTHER FINE FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ HODANISH
000 WWUS85 KPUB 231045 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 AM MDT WED APR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 224 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 224 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT AND ALONG WITH DRY FUELS IN PLACE...WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THESE AREAS. SIMILIAR WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...OWNING TO THE POTENTIAL OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COZ222-224>233-240245- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0011.080424T1800Z-080425T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.080423T1800Z-080424T0400Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-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- 445 AM MDT WED APR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING AND FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND ALSO INCLUDES FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT AND ALONG WITH DRY FUELS IN PLACE...WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THESE AREAS. SIMILIAR WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...OWNING TO THE POTENTIAL OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 232110 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 310 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 224 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 224 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT AND ALONG WITH DRY FUELS IN PLACE...WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THESE AREAS. SIMILAR WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE IN PLACE ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS. COZ222-224>233-241315- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0011.080424T1800Z-080425T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0014.080424T1800Z-080425T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080424T0400Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-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- 310 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNINGS FOR THIS EVENING AND ON THURSDAY ARE IN EFFECT FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND ALSO INCLUDES FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT AND ALONG WITH DRY FUELS IN PLACE...WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THESE AREAS. WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL INCREASE QUICKLY IN THE LATE MORNING WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING BY NOON. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT OVER A LARGE AREA THAT WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY 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. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 240336 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 936 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 224 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... FROM NOON TO 10 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS... .STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL REDEVELOP ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE I-25 CORRIDOR. IN ADDITION...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT AND ALONG WITH DRY FUELS IN PLACE...WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THESE AREAS. COZ222-224>233-241945- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080424T0400Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0014.080424T1800Z-080425T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-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- 936 PM MDT WED APR 23 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT ONCE AGAIN FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT ON THURSDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 8000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND ALSO INCLUDES FREMONT... EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES. WINDS ON THURSDAY WILL INCREASE QUICKLY IN THE LATE MORNING WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DEVELOPING BY NOON. WINDS WILL BE STRONG AND GUSTY WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT OVER A LARGE AREA THAT WILL LAST INTO THURSDAY 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 22, 4:36 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 16 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every red flag warning in 2008
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.