Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 29, 2008, 5:35 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 29, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 29, 2008, 5:35 AM MDT (11:35 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 11:35 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, 11.6 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
- 1590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 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 291135 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 535 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FROM 1200 TO 2000 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237 WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR GREATER WILL BE POSSIBLE. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS OVER THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ226>237-300200- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0004.080329T1800Z-080330T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0005.080329T1800Z-080330T0200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-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- 535 AM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THIS RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...INCLUDING EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO... CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT... KIOWA...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE OVER THE REGION TODAY PRODUCING GUSTS OVER 25 MPH AND LOWERING SURFACE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO 15 PERCENT OR LESS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY AIR...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS 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 HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ WALROD
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 292142 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 342 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND GUSTS OVER 25 MPH...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND DRY FUELS...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2000 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 230 AND ZONES 233 AND 237... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUE A PORTION OF THE RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 2000 THIS EVENING. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 MPH OR WILL OCCUR. THESE WEATHER CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ231-232-234>236-292245- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080330T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY- 342 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES. WINDS HAVE NOT BEEN QUITE STRONG ENOUGH OVER THESE COUNTIES TO WARRANT A RED FLAG WARNING...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$ COZ226>230-233-237-300200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080330T0200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 342 PM MDT SAT MAR 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. THIS RED FLAG WARNING INCLUDES EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. SOUTHWEST WINDS WITH GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO EARLY EVENING...ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS. THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...DRY AIR...AND DRY FUELS HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WHICH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER AREAS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 300151 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 751 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 8 PM THIS EVENING... .THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 230 AND ZONES 233 AND 237 WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING COZ226>230-233-237-300300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-080330T0200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 751 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 230 AND ZONES 233 AND 237 WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT BRINGING COOLER WEATHER AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO THE PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO. $$ HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2:48 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 13 hr |
Nearby
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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.