Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Feb 16, 2011, 3:15 PM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 17, 2011, 11:00 AM MST. 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
- Feb 16, 2011, 3:15 PM MST (22:15 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 17, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 17, 2011, 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, 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 22:15 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, 10.3 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
- 4916 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
725 WWUS85 KPUB 162215 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO... WESTERN LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES FROM 11 AM MST TODAY UNTIL 6 PM MST TODAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND EXISTING DRY FUELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO... WESTERN LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES FROM 11 AM MST THURSDAY UNTIL 6 PM MST THURSDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND EXISTING DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR TODAY. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL STAY BELOW 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS...IN COMBINATION WITH EXISTING DRY FUELS HAVE RESULTED IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 35 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY IN COMBINATION WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEARING 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS...IN COMBINATION WITH EXISTING DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. COZ226-170100- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0001.110217T1800Z-110218T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110217T0100Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 315 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT TIMES BOTH DAYS. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...NEAR 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES SHOULD BE IN THE 20-30 PERCENT RANGE ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD SHOULD BE NOTED THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER ON THURSDAY...BUT WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG. 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. && $$ COZ227>237-171415- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0001.110217T1800Z-110218T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0002.110217T1800Z-110218T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110217T0100Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 315 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227... 228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AT TIMES BOTH DAYS. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT TODAY AND NEARING 15 PERCENT ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD SHOULD BE NOTED BOTH TODAY AND THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ SR
4 follow-up statements
157 WWUS85 KPUB 170051 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO... WESTERN LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS... KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES FROM 11 AM MST THURSDAY UNTIL 6 PM MST THURSDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND EXISTING DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY IN COMBINATION WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES NEARING 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS...IN COMBINATION WITH EXISTING DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. COZ227>237-171700- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110217T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0002.110217T1800Z-110218T0100Z/ 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- 551 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WINDS GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 45 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY OVER THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...NEAR 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS 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. && $$ COZ226-170200- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110217T0100Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 551 PM MST WED FEB 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 226... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. $$
414 WWUS85 KPUB 171146 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 446 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES FROM 11 AM MST UNTIL 6 PM MST TODAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND EXISTING DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN COMBINATION WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 12 TO 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS...IN COMBINATION WITH EXISTING DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. COZ227>237-180100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0002.110217T1800Z-110218T0100Z/ 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- 446 AM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WINDS GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AT TIMES. HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON ALONG THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...12 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS 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. && $$
386 WWUS85 KPUB 172240 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 PM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM MST TODAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND EXISTING DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN COMBINATION WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 12 TO 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS...IN COMBINATION WITH EXISTING DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. COZ227>237-180100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T0100Z/ 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- 340 PM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227... 228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH WITH WINDS GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...12 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS 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. && $$
386 WWUS85 KPUB 180054 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 554 PM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... ..THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM THIS EVENING...AS RELATIVE HUMIDITIES RISE AND WINDS GRADUALLY RELAX. COZ227>237-180200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110218T0100Z/ 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- 554 PM MST THU FEB 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231...232...233 ...234...235...236 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL RELAX THIS EVENING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITES HAVE RISEN ABOVE 15 PERCENT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 4:43 AM MST | Blizzard Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 24 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:43 AM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 35 hr |
| Feb 16, 4:44 AM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 16, 3:08 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.