Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2009, 3:25 PM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 8, 2009, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 7, 2009, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2009, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2009, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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, 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 21:24 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, 9.4 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
- 5596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 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 072125 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 325 PM MDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FROM 1100 TO 2100 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 THROUGH 233...AND 235 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW SNOW LINE...EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY...HUERFANO COUNTY...LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...CROWLEY COUNTY...OTERO COUNTY...BENT COUNTY AND BACA COUNTY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE GREAT BASIN REGION TOMORROW...ALLOWING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. THESE GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS. COZ221-072230- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0017.090408T1700Z-090409T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- 325 PM MDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE VEGETATION AND FUELS ACROSS TELLER COUNTY ARE TOO MOIST TO RESULT IN RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ222-224>233-237-081330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0017.090408T1700Z-090409T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0021.090408T1700Z-090409T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 325 PM MDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS AND VEGETATION...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ235-081330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0021.090408T1700Z-090409T0300Z/ BENT COUNTY- 325 PM MDT TUE APR 7 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS AND VEGETATION...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 081100 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 500 AM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... FROM 1100 TO 2100 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... 224 THROUGH 233...AND 235 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW SNOW LINE...EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY... HUERFANO COUNTY...LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...CROWLEY COUNTY...OTERO COUNTY...BENT COUNTY AND BACA COUNTY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM IS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THESE GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS. COZ222-224>233-235-237-090300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.090408T1700Z-090409T0300Z/ 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- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 500 AM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS AND VEGETATION...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 081105 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 504 AM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... FROM 1100 TO 2100 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... 224 THROUGH 233...AND 235 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW SNOW LINE...EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY... HUERFANO COUNTY...LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...CROWLEY COUNTY...OTERO COUNTY...BENT COUNTY AND BACA COUNTY... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...ALLOWING FOR BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THESE GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS. COZ222-224>233-235-237-090300- /O.COR.KPUB.FW.W.0021.090408T1700Z-090409T0300Z/ 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- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 504 AM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS OF UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS AND VEGETATION...CONDITIONS WILL BECOME FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 082016 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 216 PM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THROUGH 2100 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW SNOW LINE...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES AS WELL. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...CAUSING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THESE GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS...WILL KEEP CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS. COZ234-236-090300- /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090409T0300Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 216 PM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 PERCENT AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS AND VEGETATION...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$ COZ222-224>233-235-237-090300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090409T0300Z/ 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- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 216 PM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTY WINDS SPREADING INTO EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND WESTERN CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. GUSTS OF UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 PERCENT AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS AND VEGETATION...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 082117 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 316 PM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THROUGH 2100 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW SNOW LINE...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES AS WELL. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION THROUGH THIS EVENING...CAUSING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. THESE GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS...WILL KEEP CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS. COZ234-236-090300- /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090409T0300Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 316 PM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING. GUSTS OF UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 PERCENT AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS AND VEGETATION...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$ COZ222-224>233-235-237-090300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090409T0300Z/ 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- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 316 PM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE EVENING WITH GUSTY WINDS SPREADING INTO EASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND WESTERN CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. GUSTS OF UP TO 35 TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE BY LATE AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN BELOW 15 PERCENT AND COMBINED WITH THE DRY FUELS AND VEGETATION...CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. 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. && $$
000 WWUS85 KPUB 090235 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 835 PM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM... .THE RED FLAG WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW SNOW LINE...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM THIS EVENING. COZ222-224>237-090345- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-090409T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 835 PM MDT WED APR 8 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS BELOW SNOW LINE...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE. IN ADDITION...AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO COOL DOWN...RH VALUES WILL RISE ABOVE 15%. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:40 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, Custer and 9 more | 11 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.