Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 20, 2008, 10:19 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 20, 2008, 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
- Mar 20, 2008, 10:19 AM MDT (16:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 20, 2008, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 20, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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 16:23 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, 4.3 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
- 2942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 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 201619 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1019 AM MDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY...CENTRAL AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...AND PUEBLO...CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES...FROM 1100 AM TO 800 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS FROM YESTERDAY HAS CAUSED THE GRASSES AND OTHER FINE FUELS TO DRY OUT FROM THE RECENT RAIN AND SNOWFALL...MAKING THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. COZ227>237-210200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0002.080320T1700Z-080321T0200Z/ 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- 1019 AM MDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY...CENTRAL AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...AND PUEBLO...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT... PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO DURING THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND FAST RATES OF SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS THIS 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. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 202101 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY...CENTRAL AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...AND PUEBLO...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES... FROM 1100 AM TO 800 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY LEVELS...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS FROM YESTERDAY HAS CAUSED THE GRASSES AND OTHER FINE FUELS TO DRY OUT FROM THE RECENT RAIN AND SNOWFALL... MAKING THEM SUSCEPTIBLE TO RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. COZ227>237-210200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080321T0200Z/ 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- 301 PM MDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...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 RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... EASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY...CENTRAL AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...AND PUEBLO...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT... PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COMBINED WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS...WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND FAST RATES OF SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS THIS 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. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 210147 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 747 PM MDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... .WINDS ARE DECREASING ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO...AND WITH TEMPERATURES DROPPING...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE. COZ227>237-210300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-080321T0200Z/ 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- 747 PM MDT THU MAR 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE COOLING...THE HUMIDITY LEVELS WILL INCREASE. ALSO THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER NEEDED AND IT WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM. $$
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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.