Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 21, 2010, 2:58 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 22, 2010, 11:00 AM 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
- May 21, 2010, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 22, 2010, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 22, 2010, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 3000 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
053 WWUS85 KPUB 212058 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 258 PM MDT FRI MAY 21 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...UNTIL 8 PM TODAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. THIS WATCH IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY AND SATURDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES AND HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...THIS WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ224-221300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0012.100522T1700Z-100523T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0021.100522T1700Z-100523T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-100522T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0013.100523T1800Z-100524T0100Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 258 PM MDT FRI MAY 21 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...AND ISSUED A NEW RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...224 GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY THIS EVENING...WITH GUSTS OVER 40 MPH AND HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN AGAIN SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON SUNDAY. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...EXTREME RATES OF FIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
5 follow-up statements
183 WWUS85 KPUB 220142 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 742 PM MDT FRI MAY 21 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SATURDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. THIS WATCH IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SATURDAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES AND HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...THIS WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ224-221745- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-100522T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.100522T1700Z-100523T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0013.100523T1800Z-100524T0100Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 742 PM MDT FRI MAY 21 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...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 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...224 GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY ON SUNDAY. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS... EXTREME RATES OF FIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH THE WEEKEND. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
498 WWUS85 KPUB 221050 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 450 AM MDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM TODAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. THIS WATCH IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM MONDAY. THIS WATCH IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY AND MONDAY FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES AND HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...THIS WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ224-230300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0014.100524T1800Z-100525T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.100522T1700Z-100523T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0013.100523T1800Z-100524T0100Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 450 AM MDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...224 GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED AGAIN SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS... EXTREME RATES OF FIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
910 WWUS85 KPUB 222101 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...UNTIL 7 PM TODAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY. THIS WATCH IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY AND SUNDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY...FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES AND HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...THIS WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ224-231315- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0013.100523T1800Z-100524T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0022.100523T1800Z-100524T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100523T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0014.100524T1800Z-100525T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 301 PM MDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING...AND ISSUED A NEW RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM MDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...224 STRONG...GUSTY WINDS AND HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING...ON SUNDAY...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON MONDAY. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...EXTREME RATES OF FIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
099 WWUS85 KPUB 230058 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 658 PM MDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY. THIS WATCH IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUNDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY...FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES AND HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...THIS WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ224-231700- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100523T0100Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0022.100523T1800Z-100524T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0014.100524T1800Z-100525T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 658 PM MDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...224 STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ALONG WITH INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING...ALLOWING FOR THE RED FLAGE WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL REDEVELOP WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON MONDAY. THESE CONDITIONS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITONS WITH EXTREME RATES OF FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRE STARTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON SUNDAY AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
431 WWUS85 KPUB 230131 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 727 PM MDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY. THIS WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MONDAY. THIS WATCH IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR SUNDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR MONDAY...FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS. SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL GUST OVER 40 MPH AT TIMES AND HUMIDITIES WILL DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...THIS WILL LEAD TO CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ224-231745- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-100523T0100Z/ /O.COR.KPUB.FW.W.0022.100523T1800Z-100524T0200Z/ /O.COR.KPUB.FW.A.0014.100524T1800Z-100525T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 727 PM MDT SAT MAY 22 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...224 STRONG...GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DIMINISH ALONG WITH INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING...ALLOWING FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL REDEVELOP WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING BELOW 15 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON MONDAY. THESE CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WITH EXTREME RATES OF FIRE SPREAD POSSIBLE FOR ANY FIRE STARTS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ON SUNDAY AND MONDAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 4:42 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 34 hr |
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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.