Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 9, 2008, 2:41 PM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 10, 2008, 12:00 PM 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
- Jun 9, 2008, 2:41 PM MDT (20:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 10, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2008, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Conejos 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, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 245 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
- 2183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 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 092041 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 241 PM MDT MON JUN 9 2008 ......A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FIRE ZONES 221...222...224 THROUGH 231...AND 234 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...FROM 12 PM UNTIL 9 PM MDT TUESDAY...FOR STRONG WINDS... LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... ..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COZ221-222-224>231-234>237-101245- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0033.080610T1800Z-080611T0300Z/ 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-CROWLEY COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 241 PM MDT MON JUN 9 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 12 PM TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ON TUESDAY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE LATE AFTERNOON OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. EXTREME AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP. 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. $$ ROSE
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 100703 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 103 AM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ......A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FIRE ZONES 221... 222...224 THROUGH 231...AND 234 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...FROM 12 PM UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY...FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... ..THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COZ221-222-224>231-234>237-102315- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.080610T1800Z-080611T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 103 AM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. EXTREME AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 101058 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 458 AM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FIRE ZONES 221... 222...224 THROUGH 231...AND 234 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...FROM 12 PM UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY...FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FIRE ZONES 221... 222...224 THROUGH 231...AND 234 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 11 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR STRONG WINDS... LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO BOTH TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. COZ221-222-224>231-234>237-110300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0028.080611T1700Z-080612T0500Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.080610T1800Z-080611T0300Z/ 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-CROWLEY COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 458 AM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TODAY...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROPPING INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS OVER A WIDESPREAD AREA. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. EXTREME AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE ALSO ANTICIPATED ON WEDNESDAY...THEREFORE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY. 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 102158 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 358 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE ZONES 221... 222... 224 THROUGH 231...AND 234 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY...FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR FIRE ZONES 221... 222...224 THROUGH 231...AND 234 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 11 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR STRONG WINDS... LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING VALID UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS... LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO BOTH TODAY AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. COZ221-222-224>231-234>237-111400- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080611T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0028.080611T1700Z-080612T0500Z/ 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-CROWLEY COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 358 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES IN THE 90S AND HUMIDITIES IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ARE CURRENTLY BEING OBSERVED ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. SUSTAINED SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH AT TIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. EXTREME AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP. SIMILAR CONDITIONS MAY ALSO OCCUR ON WEDNESDAY...THEREFORE A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY. 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 110258 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 858 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 11 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE ZONES 221...222...224 THROUGH 231...AND 234 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .THE RED FLAG WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED...AND WITH CONTINUED COOLING TEMPERATURES TONIGHT...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY INCREASE. HOWEVER...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. AFTER POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERIES ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT...STRONG WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MOST OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. COZ221-222-224>231-234>237-111900- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-080611T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0028.080611T1700Z-080612T0500Z/ 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-CROWLEY COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 858 PM MDT TUE JUN 10 2008 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS AND THE RETURN OF LOW HUMIDITIES...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY. EXTREME AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TOMORROW WITH ANY FIRES. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 61 min |
| Jun 8, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 8:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 45 min |
| Jun 8, 8:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.