Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 19, 2008, 4:56 AM MDT for 16 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 19, 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
- Apr 19, 2008, 4:56 AM MDT (10:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2008, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2008, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:55 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 3541 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 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 191056 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 456 AM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS INCLUDING FREMONT ...EL PASO... PUEBLO... THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF LAS ANIMAS...THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF HUERFANO...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...PROWERS...BENT...AND BACA COUNTIES...FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TODAY AND FROM 9 AM UNTIL 9 PM ON SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES... STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL STRENGTHEN OVER THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST TODAY CAUSING THE WINDS OVER COLORADO TO INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND THE POTENTIAL FOR GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY. COZ222-224-226>237-200300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0007.080419T1800Z-080420T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0009.080419T1800Z-080420T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0010.080420T1500Z-080421T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-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- 456 AM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... 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. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO BE BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE WARNING AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THERE WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP ON SUNDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 192138 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 PM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS INCLUDING FREMONT ...EL PASO... PUEBLO... THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF LAS ANIMAS...THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF HUERFANO...CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA...PROWERS...BENT...AND BACA COUNTIES...FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TODAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS INCLUDING FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...LAS ANIMAS...HUERFANO...CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA...PROWERS...BENT...AND BACA COUNTIES...AND PORTIONS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8000 FEET...FROM 9 AM UNTIL 9 PM ON SUNDAY...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNINGS. DRY WEATHER CONDITIONS AND FUELS...ALONG WITH GUSTY WINDS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY...WILL CAUSE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. COZ225-201345- /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0010.080420T1500Z-080421T0300Z/ SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 338 PM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ON SUNDAY...AND THERE WILL BE SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$ COZ222-224-226>237-201345- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080420T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0010.080420T1500Z-080421T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-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- 338 PM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS WILL BE 25 TO 35 MPH...THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND THEN AGAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 200155 RFWPUB RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 755 PM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY OVER MUCH OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY EXPIRES AT 8 PM MDT... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS INCLUDING FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... LAS ANIMAS...HUERFANO...CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA...PROWERS... BENT...AND BACA COUNTIES...AND PORTIONS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8000 FEET...FROM 9 AM UNTIL 9 PM ON SUNDAY...FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND DRY FUELS... .THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...AS WINDS SLOWLY DIMINISH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS CLIMB BACK ABOVE 15 PERCENT. WINDY AND AND DRY WEATHER WILL RETURN AGAIN SUNDAY MORNING...WITH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN ACROSS MOST OF SOUTHERN COLORADO. COZ222-224-226>237-201800- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-080420T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0010.080420T1500Z-080421T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-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- 755 PM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CLIMB BACK ABOVE 15 PERCENT THIS EVENING...WITH WINDS DECREASING TO LESS THAN 20 MPH FOR THE REST OF TONIGHT. WARM AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP QUICKLY SUNDAY MORNING...WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT OVER MOST OF THE AREA BY NOON. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS BETWEEN 25 AND 40 MPH POSSIBLE. 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. $$ COZ225-201800- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0010.080420T1500Z-080421T0300Z/ SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 755 PM MDT SAT APR 19 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE BELOW 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE WARNING AREA ON SUNDAY...WITH SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS SUSTAINED AT 15 TO 25 MPH...GUSTING TO 25 TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL DEVELOP SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 4:56 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 40 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.