Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 18, 2008, 4:19 AM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 18, 2008, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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
- May 18, 2008, 4:19 AM MDT (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 18, 2008, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 18, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 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 10:18 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 00:00Z, 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
- 3090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 181019 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 419 AM MDT SUN MAY 18 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS OVER 25 MPH...HIGH HAINES INDEX AND DRY FUELS FROM 2 PM THROUGH 8 PM TODAY FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...AND 227 THROUGH 233...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAINS...FREMONT COUNTY...THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO RATON AND CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TEENS..TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S...HAINES INDICES OF 5 TO 6...AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COZ234>237-181130- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0016.080518T2000Z-080519T0300Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 419 AM MDT SUN MAY 18 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HIGH FIRE DANGER...BUT WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT TO MODERATE. $$ COZ222-224-225-227>233-190230- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0016.080518T2000Z-080519T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0021.080518T2000Z-080519T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 419 AM MDT SUN MAY 18 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...EASTERN MOUNTAINS BELOW 9000 FEET...INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY TO THE RATON...AND CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES. WEST WINDS GUSTING FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WILL INCREASE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TEENS TO POSSIBLY SINGLE DIGITS ARE EXPECTED AS TEMPERATURES APPROACH 90 DEGREES OVER THE PLAINS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 182054 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 254 PM MDT SUN MAY 18 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... GUSTY WINDS OVER 25 MPH...HIGH HAINES INDEX AND DRY FUELS THROUGH 9 PM FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...AND 227 THROUGH 233...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAINS...FREMONT COUNTY...THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO RATON AND CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TEENS..TEMPERATURES IN THE 80S... HAINES INDICES OF 5 TO 6...AND GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL CONTRIBUTE TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS INTO THIS EVENING. COZ222-224-225-227>233-190300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080519T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 254 PM MDT SUN MAY 18 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...EASTERN MOUNTAINS BELOW 9000 FEET...INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY TO THE RATON...AND CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES. NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL GUST FROM 25 TO 35 MPH AT TIMES THROUGH EARLY EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE LOWER TEENS OR SINGLE DIGITS AND VERY DRY FUELS BELOW 9000 FEET COMBINED WITH THE GUSTY WINDS WILL CREATE 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. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 190255 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 855 PM MDT SUN MAY 18 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...AND 227 THROUGH 233 WILL EXPIRE AT 9PM... .THE COOLER EVENING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED HUMIDITIES TO INCREASE TO MORE THAN 15 PERCENT OVER THE REGION...AND WINDS OVER THE REGION HAVE WEAKENED. COZ222-224-225-227>233-190400- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080519T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 855 PM MDT SUN MAY 18 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT FOR THE REST OF THE NIGHT WITH GENERALLY LIGHT WINDS. $$
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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.