Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2010, 10:40 AM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. 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
- Mar 5, 2010, 10:40 AM MST (17:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 5, 2010, 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, Fremont 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:37 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
996 WWUS85 KPUB 051740 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1040 AM MST FRI MAR 5 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 227 THROUGH 233...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LASANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES. UNTIL 6 PM MST FOR WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES....HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. COZ222-227>233-060100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0002.100305T1740Z-100306T0100Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 1040 AM MST FRI MAR 5 2010 ...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. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...222...227...228...229...230...231...232...233 RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. LARGE RATES OF FIRE SPREAD AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES STARTED 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
528 WWUS85 KPUB 052023 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 123 PM MST FRI MAR 5 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LASANIMAS...CROWLEY...KIOWA..BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND OTERO COUNTIES. UNTIL 6 PM MST FOR WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES....HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. COZ234>237-060100- /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100306T0100Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 123 PM MST FRI MAR 5 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...234...235...236...237 RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. LARGE RATES OF FIRE SPREAD AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES STARTED THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ222-227>233-060100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100306T0100Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 123 PM MST FRI MAR 5 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...222...227...228...229...230...231...232...233 RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. LARGE RATES OF FIRE SPREAD AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES STARTED 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. && $$
045 WWUS85 KPUB 052149 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 249 PM MST FRI MAR 5 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LASANIMAS...CROWLEY...KIOWA..BENT...PROWERS...BACA AND OTERO COUNTIES. UNTIL 6 PM MST FOR WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITIES... AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES....HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. COZ222-227>237-060100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100306T0100Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 249 PM MST FRI MAR 5 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...222...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234 ...235...236...237 RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND WIND GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH IN COMBINATION WITH DRY FUELS HAVE CREATED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. LARGE RATES OF FIRE SPREAD AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES STARTED THIS AFTERNOON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
305 WWUS85 KPUB 060114 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 614 PM MST FRI MAR 5 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO... LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ALLOWED THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RHS AND AND DRY FUELS THAT WAS CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EARLIER TODAY HAS ABATED. COZ222-227>237-060215- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100306T0100Z/ FREMONT 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- 614 PM MST FRI MAR 5 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR FREMONT...EL PASO... PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT... PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...IN COLORADO...222...227...228...229...230...231... 232...233...234...235...236...237. THE COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RHS AND AND DRY FUELS THAT WAS CREATING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EARLIER TODAY HAS ABATED. CONSEQUENTLY...THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
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.