Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 20, 2008, 3:46 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 21, 2008, 4:58 AM MDT. It was in force for 16 hr. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2008, 3:46 PM MDT (21:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 21, 2008, 4:58 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 21, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 16 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, Teller County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:39 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 53 | 3 Ne Florissant, CO | |
| May 21, 2:51 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 Ne Florissant, CO | |
| May 21, 6:00 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 4 Sw Swink, CO | |
| May 21, 6:06 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 3 N Swink, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 268 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
- 1425 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 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 202146 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 346 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES...AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY...FROM 1000 TO 2100 LOCAL...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES...AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY...FROM 1000 TO 2100 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE PLAINS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MUCH OF THE MOUNTAINS AND FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. A RED WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS. IN THE MOUNTAINS AND OVER THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS COMBINED WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ON WEDNESDAY. EXTREME RATES OF FIRE SPREAD MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS ON WEDNESDAY. OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF A MORE MOIST AIR MASS LINGERING THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH HUMIDITIES NOT MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA. COZ221-222-224>230-211400- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0017.080521T1600Z-080522T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0022.080521T1600Z-080522T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 346 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 FEET INCLUDING THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS... THE PIKES PEAK REGION...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR.. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. COMBINED WITH NEAR RECORD HIGH TEMPERATURES... HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...THESE CONDITIONS MAY RESULT IN 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. $$ COZ231>237-211400- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0017.080521T1600Z-080522T0300Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 346 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. GUSTY SOUTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP ON WEDNESDAY. THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR A SLIGHTLY MORE MOIST AIRMASS TO LINGER ON THE PLAINS. THE HUMIDITIES IN THIS AIRMASS DURING THE AFTERNOON WILL BE IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE...WHICH IS JUST ABOVE THE RED FLAG CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 211058 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 458 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES...A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS...IS IN EFFECT FROM 1000 TO 2100 LOCAL...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 233...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...OTERO...AND CROWLEY COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 TO 2100 LOCAL ON THURSDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... AND 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT...AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES...AND THE REST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND FOR FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO... LAS ANIMAS...OTERO...AND CROWLEY COUNTIES... GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND SOME DRY THUNDERSTORMS...WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY. EXTREME RATES OF FIRE SPREAD MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. CONDITIONS WILL BE SIMILAR ON THURSDAY...WITH VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY OVER PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. ALSO ON THURSDAY MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 15 PERCENT IN THE WATCH AREA...ALONG WITH HIGH HAINES INDICES. COZ234>237-220300- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0017.080521T1600Z-080522T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0018.080522T1700Z-080523T0300Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 458 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED THURSDAY. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ COZ231>233-220300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0017.080521T1600Z-080522T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0018.080522T1700Z-080523T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0022.080521T1600Z-080522T0300Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 458 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING...IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...ALONG WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...HAINES INDICES OF 5 OR 6 AND A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. ON THURSDAY SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO BE BELOW 15 PERCENT...ALONG WITH HAINES INDICES OF 5 OR 6. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ COZ222-227>230-220300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0018.080522T1700Z-080523T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0022.080521T1600Z-080522T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 458 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM UNTIL 9 PM MDT THURSDAY...AND A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM 10 AM UNTIL 9 PM MDT. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...ALONG WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...HIGH HAINES INDICES...AND POSSIBLY A FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS. CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR ON THURSDAY. 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. $$ COZ221-224>226-220300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0022.080521T1600Z-080522T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 458 AM MDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME HIGHER GUSTS CAN BE EXPECTED TODAY...ALONG WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...AND SOME DRY THUNDERSTORMS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 212117 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 317 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND DRY FUELS...REMAINS IN EFFECT IN EFFECT UNTIL 2100 LOCAL...FOR ELEVATIONS BELOW 9000 FEET IN FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 233...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...PIKES PEAK AND TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...OTERO...AND CROWLEY COUNTIES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS HAS ISSUED FOR THURSDAY...FROM 1100 TO 2100 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... AND 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT...AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTIES...AND THE REST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .THE RED FLAG WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN COLORADO...WITH A NEW RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN PLAINS AND FREMONT COUNTY ON THURSDAY. GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS COMBINED WITH UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES... LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS...WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING. EXTREME RATES OF FIRE SPREAD MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. CONDITIONS WILL BE SIMILAR ON THURSDAY...WITH VERY STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS EXPECTED...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 25. MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 15 PERCENT IN THE WARNING AREA BY AFTERNOON...ALONG WITH HIGH HAINES INDICES. OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND SAN LUIS VALLEY...VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY...BUT MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT. COZ222-227>233-221330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0018.080522T1700Z-080523T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0023.080522T1700Z-080523T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080522T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 317 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. ALSO...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 40 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND HAINES INDICES OF 5 OR 6. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING AND HUMIDITY LEVELS CLIMBING BACK ABOVE 15 PERCENT. CONDITIONS WILL BE VERY SIMILAR ON THURSDAY...WITH STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING LATE IN THE MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. A FEW GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON. 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. $$ COZ234>237-221330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0018.080522T1700Z-080523T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0023.080522T1700Z-080523T0300Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 317 PM MDT WED MAY 21 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY SOUTH WINDS AT 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS NEAR 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED FROM LATE MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON...WITH HAINES INDICES OF 5 OR 6. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ221-224>226-220300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-080522T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 317 PM MDT WED MAY 21 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. SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 50 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS EVENING...ALONG WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND HAINES INDICES OF 5 OR 6. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE THROUGH SUNSET. CONDITIONS WILL SLOWLY IMPROVE AFTER 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS DIMINISHING AND HUMIDITY LEVELS CLIMBING BACK ABOVE 15 PERCENT. 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. $$
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.