Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 29, 2010, 3:09 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 30, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 32 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2010, 3:09 PM MDT (21:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 31, 2010, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 32 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 21:06 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 6:14 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 W Security, CO | |
| Mar 30, 6:14 PM MDT | SNOW 60 | 5 W Security, CO | |
| Mar 30, 6:17 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 4 Se Monument, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 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
- 3794 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
425 WWUS85 KPUB 292109 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 309 PM MDT MON MAR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES...FROM 12 PM TUESDAY UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY...CAUSING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH EXPECTED WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND CURED FUELS...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS. COZ226>237-301315- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0003.100330T1800Z-100331T0200Z/ 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- 309 PM MDT MON MAR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234 ...235...236...237 A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH EXPECTED WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...AND CURED FUELS...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO TUESDAY 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. && $$
7 follow-up statements
119 WWUS85 KPUB 300307 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 907 PM MDT MON MAR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES...FROM 12 PM TUESDAY UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION TONIGHT AND THEN CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY... CAUSING BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH EXPECTED WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND CURED FUELS...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS. COZ226>237-301915- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0003.100330T1800Z-100331T0200Z/ 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- 907 PM MDT MON MAR 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234 ...235...236...237 A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE GREAT BASIN REGION TONIGHT AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE ROCKIES THROUGH THE DAY TUESDAY. THE MOVEMENT OF THIS SYSTEM WILL ALLOW FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH EXPECTED WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITIES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT...AND CURED FUELS...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO TUESDAY 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. && $$
948 WWUS85 KPUB 300939 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 339 AM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES...FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 8 PM TODAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...1200 LOCAL THROUGH 2000 LOCAL FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING...AND HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING. STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...ALONG WITH LOW HUMIDITIES...AND CURED FUELS...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING. THESE SAME FAVORABLE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY OCCUR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AS WELL. COZ227>237-310145- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0001.100331T1800Z-100401T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0003.100330T1800Z-100331T0200Z/ 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- 339 AM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES IN COLORADO... 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 235...236...237 GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...ALONG WITH CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS... WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO. SIMILAR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOPED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. 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. && $$ COZ226-310145- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0003.100330T1800Z-100331T0200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 339 AM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES IN COLORADO...226. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...ALONG WITH CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS... WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
686 WWUS85 KPUB 302011 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 211 PM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS...HAS BEEN ISSUED THROUGH 2000 LOCAL WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS... CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. RELATIVELY STRONG WEST SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. COZ226-302115- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100331T0200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 211 PM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...226 RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MET...SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ COZ227>237-311215- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0001.100331T1800Z-100401T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100401T0200Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 211 PM MDT TUE MAR 30 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235 ...236...237 WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH... HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 20 PERCENT...AND RELATIVELY DRY FUELS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES WILL DECREASE...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL INCREASE...AND THE WIND WILL DECREASE LATER TONIGHT DECREASING THE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER THREAT. HOWEVER THE COMBINATION OF WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND RELATIVELY DRY FINE FUELS WILL OCCUR AGAIN WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ METZE
074 WWUS85 KPUB 310933 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 333 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS...REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2000 LOCAL WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS... CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RELATIVELY STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. COZ227>237-010145- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100401T0200Z/ 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- 333 AM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 235...236...237 WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH... HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINATION WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$
500 WWUS85 KPUB 311850 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1250 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS...REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 2000 LOCAL WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 230...ZONE 233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...THE RATON MESA REGION THROUGH EASTERN BACA COUNTY AND HAS CANCELED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES. A WEAK FRONT HAS MOVED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL KEEP COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WEAKER WINDS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND RATON MESA REGION AND WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON...AND COMBINED WITH WARM TEMPERATURES...HUMIDITIES OF 15 PERCENT OR LESS AND CURED FUELS...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS. COZ231-232-234>236-312000- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100401T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY- 1250 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...231...232...234...235...236 A WEAK FRONT HAS MOVED ACROSS THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS THIS MORNING...WHICH WILL KEEP COOLER TEMPERATURES AND WEAKER WINDS ACROSS CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON. $$ COZ227>230-233-237-010200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100401T0200Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 1250 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...227...228...229...230...233...237 WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ALONG WITH COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS COMBINATION WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR. 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. && $$
074 WWUS85 KPUB 312128 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 328 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WINDY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS...REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 THROUGH 230...ZONE 233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES. A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR...THE RATON MESA REGION THROUGH EASTERN BACA COUNTY AND HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL REVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO. THIS WINDS COMBINED WITH EXPECTED HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 15 PERCENT AND CURED FUELS...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. COZ227-228-011330- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100401T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0004.100401T1700Z-100402T0200Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- 328 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...227...228 WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE STATE. THESE WINDS...ALONG WITH EXPECTED HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT AND CURED FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON THURSDAY. 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. && $$ COZ229-230-233-237-011330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0004.100401T1700Z-100402T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100401T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 328 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...229...230...233...237 WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH...HUMIDITY VALUES LESS THAN 15 PERCENT...AND DRY FUELS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ALONG WITH COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN THURSDAY...AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE STATE. THESE WINDS...ALONG WITH EXPECTED HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT AND CURED FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. 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. && $$ COZ231-232-234>236-011330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0004.100401T1700Z-100402T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY- 328 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...231...232...234...235...236 WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE STATE. THESE WINDS...ALONG WITH EXPECTED HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT AND CURED FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
602 WWUS85 KPUB 010154 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 754 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND CRITICAL FUEL CONDITIONS IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237... WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. GUSTY SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO WESTERN COLORADO. THESE WINDS COMBINED WITH HUMIDITIES OF AROUND 15 PERCENT AND DRY FUELS...WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE STARTS ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY. THE RED FLAG WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE...AND HUMIDITIES INCREASE. COZ229-230-233-237-011800- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-100401T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0004.100401T1700Z-100402T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 754 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...229...230...233...237 WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING AS HUMIDITIES RISE ABOVE 15 PERCENT. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL RETURN TO THE AREA ON THURSDAY...AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE STATE. THESE WINDS...ALONG WITH EXPECTED HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR AGAIN ON THURSDAY. 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. && $$ COZ227-228-231-232-234>236-011800- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0004.100401T1700Z-100402T0200Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 754 PM MDT WED MAR 31 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...227...228...231...232...234...235...236 WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY...AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM BEGINS TO MOVE INTO THE STATE. THESE WINDS...ALONG WITH EXPECTED HUMIDITY VALUES AROUND 15 PERCENT AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Mar 29, 3:08 PM MDT, 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 29, 3:08 PM MDT, 1 minute before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 308 PM MDT MON MAR 29 2010 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND TUESDAY) ...SHORT TERM CONCERNS INCLUDE RECORD TEMPERATURES AND WINDS TOMORROW ALONG WITH THE DEVELOPMENT OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS... MODELS REMAIN IN GOOD AGREEMENT OF INCREASING SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE REGION THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW AS A SHORT WAVE TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE PAC NW COAST THIS AFTERNOON CONTINUES TO LIFT OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN GREAT BASIN TONIGHT AND THEN OUT ACROSS THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND INTO THE NORTHERN HIGH PLAINS BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. PASSING WAVE ALLOWS FOR LEE TROUGHING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TOMORROW MORNING TO KICK OUT INTO WESTERN KANSAS THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. THIS ALONG WITH GOOD SOLAR HEATING WITH ONLY BOUTS OF HIGH LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING ACROSS THE STATE...SHOULD ALLOW FOR GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 40 MPH ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO MIX DOWN ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH THE LATE MORNING AND AFTERNOON. TEMPS ALOFT CONTINUE TO WARM WITH H7 TEMPS PROGGED BETWEEN 4C AND 10C ACROSS THE AREA TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS ALONG WITH DRY DOWNSLOPE FLOW...WILL KEEP OVERNIGHT LOWS ON THE MILD SIDE AREAWIDE AND PRODUCE NEAR RECORD TEMPS ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH HIGHS IN THE MID 70S TO MID 80S. CURRENT RECORDS FOR ALS..COS...AND PUB ARE RESPECTIVELY 70F IN 1943...75F IN 1986 AND 83F IN 1986. WITH THE DRY WESTERLY FLOW...THINKING MODELS OVERDONE WITH DEW PTS IN THE 20S AND 30S ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS TOMORROW AND HAVE CURRENT RHS IN THE 10 PERCENT RANGE TOMORROW AFTERNOON. WITH THAT SAID AND AFTER COORDINATION WITH LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...WILL ISSUE A RED FLAG WARNING FROM 18Z TUES TO 02Z WED ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AS DESPITE A WET COUPLE OF WEEKS...1 HOUR FUELS (CURED GRASSES) WILL QUICKLY DRY OUT PRODUCING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. -MW .LONG TERM... (TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH NEXT MONDAY) UPPER TROUGH SHARPENS ALONG THE WEST COAST WED AS 175 KNOT JET DIGS TOWARD CALIFORNIA. MODELS FAIRLY CONSISTENT SHOWING SURFACE LOW OVER NERN COLORADO THROUGH WED EVENING...WITH DEEP SOUTHWEST FLOW OVER MOST OT THE AREA. THIS SHOULD PRODUCE WINDY AND DRY CONDITIONS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...THOUGH AREAS ALONG THE ARKANSAS RIVER MAY BE SLOW TO MIX OUT...ESPECIALLY IF WEAK KLHX CYCLONE FORMS...AS HINTED AT BY THE NAM. MAY NEED ANOTHER FIRE HIGHLIGHT FOR WED AFTERNOON...AS RH WILL BE WELL BELOW 15 PERCENT. FARTHER WEST...PRECIP SHOULD REACH THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY LATE WED AFTERNOON...AS FIRST PIECE OF UPPER ENERGY EJECTS FROM THE WESTERN TROUGH. SNOW SHOULD BECOME HEAVY WED NIGHT AND THURSDAY OVER THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...WITH AREAS OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUANS LOOKING ESPECIALLY FAVORABLE FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMS GIVEN SOUTHWEST MID LEVEL WINDS. WILL LIKELY NEED A WINTER WEATHER HIGHLIGHT HERE SOON...BUT 5TH/6TH PERIOD A TAD TOO EARLY AT THIS POINT. REMAINING MOUNTAINS WILL SEE INCREASING RAIN/SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THU AFTERNOON...THOUGH PRECIP AMOUNTS WILL BE LIGHT. OVER THE PLAINS...MODELS KEEP LOW AND MID LEVEL FLOW WESTERLY THROUGH THE DAY...WHICH SHOULD KEEP PRECIP CHANCES LOW AND TEMPS WARM. NOT SURE WHY GUIDANCE IS SO COLD THU AFTERNOON...AS PROGGED 850/700 MB TEMPS SUPPORT READINGS AT LEAST 10F WARMER THAN MAV NUMBERS. FRONT WHIPS SOUTH THROUGH THE AREA THU NIGHT...AS UPPER TROUGH MOVES INTO THE SOUTHERN PLAINS BY FRI MORNING. MODEL DIFFERENCES BEGIN TO APPEAR AS ECMWF DEVELOPS CLOSED CIRCULATION FARTHER WEST THAN THE GFS...WITH AT LEAST A BRIEF PERIOD OF UPSLOPE FLOW OVER THE AREA FRI MORNING ON THE EURO VERSUS MAINLY DOWN SLOPE NLY FLOW IN THE GFS. STILL TOO EARLY TO TELL WHICH IS CORRECT...SO A RATHER BROAD AREA OF LOW POPS FOR THU NIGHT INTO FRI AFTERNOON LOOKS FINE FOR NOW. SYSTEM LIFTS EAST OF THE AREA FRI NIGHT...WITH BUILDING HEIGHTS AND FLAT RIDGING LEADING TO WARMER AND DRIER WEATHER BY EARLY NEXT WEEK. DID LEAVE SOME LOW POPS IN SATURDAY OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO ACCOUNT FOR WEAK SYSTEM MOVING THROUGH THE RIDGE...THOUGH MAIN LIFT LOOKS NORTH OF THE REGION. --PETERSEN && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED AT THE TAF SITES FOR NEXT 24H. GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT TAF SITES HOWEVER...WITH WITH WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH POSSIBLE FOR ALL TAFS BETWEEN 17Z TUES THROUGH 01Z WED. -MW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR COZ226>237. && 23/10
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 29, 5:40 AM MDT, 9 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 540 AM MDT MON MAR 29 2010 COZ058>089-093>099-301145- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 540 AM MDT MON MAR 29 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY A WEATHER SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING SNOW AND VERY WINDY CONDITIONS TO THE MOUNTAINS WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. SEVERAL INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...WITH A FEW INCHES OF ACCUMULATION POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF THE MOUNTAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 44/28
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The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.