Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Feb 20, 2009, 4:11 AM MST for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 20, 2009, 10:00 AM MST. 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
- Feb 20, 2009, 4:11 AM MST (11:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2009, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 2009, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:16 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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 3016 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 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 201111 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 411 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND GUSTS 25 MPH OR GREATER...HUMIDITY 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...HAINES OF 5...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED 1000 TO 1900 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 226 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE ALOFT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. COZ221-222-226>233-210200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0007.090220T1700Z-090221T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 411 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. THE COMBINATION OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE WIND COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...HAINES AROUND 5...AND RELATIVELY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. ACROSS TELLER AND FREMONT COUNTIES...THE GREATEST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DANGER WILL BE IN NO SNOW COVER AREAS. 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. && $$ METZE
4 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KPUB 201120 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 420 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND GUSTS 25 MPH OR GREATER...HUMIDITY 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...HAINES OF 5...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED 1000 TO 1900 LOCAL TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 226 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE ALOFT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. COZ221-222-226>233-210200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0007.090220T1700Z-090221T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 420 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. THE COMBINATION OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE WIND COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...HAINES AROUND 5...AND RELATIVELY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. ACROSS TELLER AND FREMONT COUNTIES...THE GREATEST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DANGER WILL BE IN NO SNOW COVER AREAS. 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. && $$ METZE
000 WWUS85 KPUB 201652 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 952 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND GUSTS 25 MPH OR GREATER...HUMIDITY 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...HAINES OF 5...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED 1000 TO 1900 LOCAL TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 226 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. WEST TO NORTHWEST FLOW WILL INCREASE ALOFT AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. A SHARP COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. COZ221-222-226>233-210200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0007.090220T1700Z-090221T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 952 AM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. THE COMBINATION OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE WIND COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...HAINES AROUND 5...AND RELATIVELY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. ACROSS TELLER AND FREMONT COUNTIES...THE GREATEST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DANGER WILL BE IN AREAS WITH NO SNOW COVER. 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. && $$ SR
000 WWUS85 KPUB 202251 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 351 PM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND GUSTS 25 MPH OR GREATER...HUMIDITY 15 PERCENT OR LOWER...HAINES OF 5...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED 1000 TO 1900 LOCAL TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 226 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... .THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THROUGH EARLY EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR WITH GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS EVENING...AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE BEHIND THE FRONT. COZ221-222-226>233-210200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 351 PM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. THE COMBINATION OF WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 MPH UP TO 50 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO IN THE WARNING AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING. THE WIND COMBINED WITH HUMIDITY VALUES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS...HAINES AROUND 5...AND RELATIVELY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. ACROSS TELLER AND FREMONT COUNTIES...THE GREATEST CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER DANGER WILL BE IN AREAS WITH NO SNOW COVER. 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. && $$ SR
000 WWUS85 KPUB 210139 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 639 PM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM... .THE RED FLAG WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 226 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING TELLER...FREMONT... EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM. COZ221-222-226>233-210245- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0007.000000T0000Z-090221T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 639 PM MST FRI FEB 20 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 226 THROUGH 233...INCLUDING TELLER...FREMONT... EL PASO...PUEBLO... CROWLEY...OTERO...HUERFANO...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM. A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS RACING SOUTH ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. AFTER THE FRONT GOES BY...RH VALUES WILL INCREASE SIGNIFICANTLY AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL BY 10 T0 20 DEGREES. GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHEAST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH WILL DIMINISH LATER THIS EVENING. $$ HODANISH
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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.