Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Sep 29, 2010, 4:00 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 29, 2010, 9:00 AM MDT. 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
- Sep 29, 2010, 4:00 AM MDT (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 29, 2010, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 29, 2010, 5:53 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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 10:06 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 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
- 4791 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
297 WWUS85 KPUB 291000 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 400 AM MDT WED SEP 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM TODAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. A DRY COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING BRINGING INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT BY LATE THIS MORNING...AND REMAIN BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE AFTERNOON. COMBINED WITH NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH AND THE PERSISTENT DRY VEGETATION...THIS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WHICH SHOULD DIMINISH THE THREAT INTO THE EVENING HOURS. COZ226>237-300000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0039.100929T1500Z-100930T0000Z/ 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- 400 AM MDT WED SEP 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH THE MORNING BEHIND A DRY COLD FRONT. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...10-15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
164 WWUS85 KPUB 292054 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 254 PM MDT WED SEP 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... UNTIL 6 PM TODAY. THIS RED FLAG WARNING IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. A DRY COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY...BRINGING INCREASING NORTHERLY WINDS. RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE DROPPED BELOW 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON...AND WILL ONLY SLOWLY RECOVER BY EARLY EVENING. THE COMBINATION OF LOW HUMIDITY...NORTH WINDS GUSTING UP TO 35 MPH AND DRY VEGETATION WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE. TEMPERATURES WILL COOL AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH WHICH SHOULD DIMINISH THE THREAT AFTER 6 PM THIS EVENING. COZ226>237-300000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100930T0000Z/ 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- 254 PM MDT WED SEP 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226... 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...NORTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE PLAINS BEHIND A DRY COLD FRONT. LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...10-15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND 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. && $$
729 WWUS85 KPUB 292353 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 553 PM MDT WED SEP 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .WHILE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH 900 PM...HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE BEGUN TO RISE BEHIND THE FRONT THAT PASSED ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. COZ226>237-300100- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-100930T0000Z/ 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- 553 PM MDT WED SEP 29 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226... 227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235... 236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WHILE WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO BE GUSTY ACROSS THE PLAINS THROUGH 900 PM...HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE BEGUN TO RISE BEHIND THE FRONT THAT PASSED ACROSS THE AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED $$
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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.