Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jan 19, 2009, 4:08 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 19, 2009, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 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
- Jan 19, 2009, 4:08 AM MST (11:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 19, 2009, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 19, 2009, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 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 11:14 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, 11.1 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
- 4057 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 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 191108 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 408 AM MST MON JAN 19 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 228...AND 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...PUEBLO...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT... PROWERS...BACA AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM TODAY FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RED FLAG CONDITIONS SPREADING AS FAR WEST AS THE NORTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR ACROSS EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES. COZ229-230-191215- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0001.090119T1800Z-090120T0000Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 408 AM MST MON JAN 19 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. WINDS WILL NOT BE AS STRONG ACROSS THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR ACROSS EASTERN HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. NORTH WINDS MAY BRIEFLY BECOME BREEZY THIS AFTERNOON...BUT ARE NOT ANTICIPATED TO REACH CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER THRESHOLDS. THUS THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ226>228-231>237-200000- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0001.090119T1800Z-090120T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0002.090119T1800Z-090120T0000Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 408 AM MST MON JAN 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 192221 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 321 PM MST MON JAN 19 2009 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230 AND HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 6 PM MST. THIS WARNING NOW COVERS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS OUT TO THE KANSAS BORDER... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE MOUNTAINS OUT TO THE KANSAS BORDER. STRONG GUSTY NORTH WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS. COZ229-230-200100- /O.EXB.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090120T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 321 PM MST MON JAN 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$ COZ226>228-231>237-200100- /O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090120T0100Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 321 PM MST MON JAN 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND DRY FUELS TO CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ LW
000 WWUS85 KPUB 200044 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 544 PM MST MON JAN 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST... .WINDS ARE DECREASING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS AND AS THE TEMPERATURES COOL...THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE INCREASING. THUS CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. COZ226>237-200145- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-090120T0100Z/ 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- 544 PM MST MON JAN 19 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. $$
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.