Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 28, 2008, 3:30 PM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 29, 2008, 4:14 AM MDT. It was in force for 16 hr. 1 report 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 28, 2008, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 29, 2008, 4:14 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 29, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 16 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Bent County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 2:52 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Towner, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 877 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 144 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 282130 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WIND SPEEDS 25 MPH OR GREATER...AND DRY FUELS WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY BELOW 9000 FEET FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 225 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...CUSTER COUNTY...HUERFANO COUNTY...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WIND SPEEDS 25 MPH OR GREATER...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...AND 233 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY COUNTY...BENT COUNTY...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...KIOWA COUNTY... PROWERS COUNTY...AND BACA COUNTY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. FORECAST STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FROM 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY EVENING TO BRING ABOUT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR. FURTHER EAST...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. COZ221-222-225>230-291330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0028.080529T1600Z-080530T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 330 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH AND HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY EVENING TO BRING ABOUT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR. 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. $$ COZ231-233>237-291330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0023.080529T1600Z-080530T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 330 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH 8 PM THURSDAY EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR ALL COUNTIES EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR EXCEPT FOR OTERO COUNTY...WHICH RECEIVED ENOUGH RAIN EARLIER IN THE MONTH TO REDUCE FIRE DANGER BELOW CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$ JKH/LW/MM
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 290011 AAA RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 611 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WIND SPEEDS 25 MPH OR GREATER...AND DRY FUELS WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY BELOW 9000 FEET FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 225 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...CUSTER COUNTY...HUERFANO COUNTY... AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WIND SPEEDS 25 MPH OR GREATER...AND DRY FUELS WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...AND 233 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY COUNTY...BENT COUNTY...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...KIOWA COUNTY...PROWERS COUNTY...AND BACA COUNTY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. FORECAST STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FROM 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY EVENING TO BRING ABOUT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR. FURTHER EAST...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...THEREFORE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED. COZ221-222-225>230-291615- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.080529T1600Z-080530T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 611 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH AND HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY EVENING TO BRING ABOUT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE I-25 CORRIDOR. 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. $$ COZ231-233>237-291615- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0023.080529T1600Z-080530T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 611 PM MDT WED MAY 28 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT THURSDAY TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM THURSDAY MORNING UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY EVENING FOR ALL COUNTIES EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR EXCEPT FOR OTERO COUNTY...WHICH RECEIVED ENOUGH RAIN EARLIER IN THE MONTH TO REDUCE FIRE DANGER BELOW CRITERIA. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 291014 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 414 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 25 MPH AND DRY FUELS...REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1000 UNTIL 2000 LOCAL TIME TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225 THROUGH 230...231...AND 233 THROUGH 235...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET...FREMONT...EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 9000 FEET...CUSTER...HUERFANO...CROWLEY...BENT...KIOWA AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES...DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITIES TO CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. COZ236-237-291115- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0023.080529T1600Z-080530T0200Z/ PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 414 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WHILE WINDS WILL BECOME STRONG OUT OF THE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST THIS AFTERNOON...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL REMAIN ABOVE 15 PERCENT THROUGH THE DAY. $$ COZ231-233>235-300200- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0023.080529T1600Z-080530T0200Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0028.080529T1600Z-080530T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- 414 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH AND HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND DRY FUELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ221-222-225>230-300200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.080529T1600Z-080530T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 414 AM MDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH AND HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND DRY FUELS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS BELOW 9000 FEET...AND ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. 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. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 292116 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 316 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...WIND SPEEDS GREATER THAN 25 MPH AND DRY FUELS...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2000 LOCAL TIME THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 222...225 THROUGH 230...231...AND 233 THROUGH 235...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET...FREMONT...EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 9000 FEET...CUSTER...HUERFANO...CROWLEY...BENT...KIOWA AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...WILL CONTINUE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS. STRONG WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES... DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITIES TO CREATE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. COZ221-222-225>231-233>235-300200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080530T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- 316 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS GUSTING FROM 25 TO 35 MPH AND HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES AND DRY FUELS INTO THIS EVENING TO CREATE THE POTENTIAL OF EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS BELOW 9000 FEET...AND ACROSS MOST AREAS OF EASTERN PLAINS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 300149 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 749 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE ... .WIND SPEEDS ARE DECREASING AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE INCREASING THE REST OF THIS EVENING AS TEMPERATURES COOL. THEREFORE...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. COZ221-222-225>231-233>235-300300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-080530T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- 749 PM MDT THU MAY 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 3:30 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Prowers | 13 hr |
| May 28, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 65 min |
| May 28, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 23 min |
| May 28, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 59 min |
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.