Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Feb 20, 2011, 3:56 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 20, 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 20, 2011, 3:56 AM MST (10:56 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 20, 2011, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 20, 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 10:56 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, 10.9 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
- 3457 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
816 WWUS85 KPUB 201056 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 AM MST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227... 228...AND 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO... PUEBLO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT... PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING 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 PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED IN COMBINATION WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 12 TO 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS...COUPLED WITH EXISTING DRY FUELS...WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE SHOULD START. COZ227-228-231>237-210100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0003.110220T1800Z-110221T0100Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 356 AM MST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING 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...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 THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
956 WWUS85 KPUB 201810 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1110 AM MST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO... LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...STRONG WIND GUSTS AND EXISTING DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH... WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS...ARE EXPECTED IN COMBINATION WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BETWEEN 11 TO 15 PERCENT. THESE CONDITIONS...COUPLED WITH EXISTING DRY FUELS...WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD IF A FIRE SHOULD START. COZ229-230-210100- /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0003.110220T1800Z-110221T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 1110 AM MST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230... * WIND...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...11 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ227-228-231>237-210100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110221T0100Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 1110 AM MST SUN FEB 20 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...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...WEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH WITH OCCASIONAL HIGHER GUSTS. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...11 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. && $$
032 WWUS85 KPUB 210059 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 559 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO... LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH THE AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...WILL ALLOW THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS AND THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR UNTIL 6 PM TO EXPIRE. WINDS AND HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO NONCRITICAL LEVELS. COZ227>237-210200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110221T0100Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 559 PM MST SUN FEB 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227... 228... 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...DROPPING TO LESS THAN 20 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RISING ABOVE 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FUELS WILL REMAIN DRY BUT WEATHER PARAMETERS WILL IMPROVE TO NONCRITICAL LEVELS. CAUTION STILL ADVISED BUT WEATHER PARAMETERS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO BE CRITICAL. $$
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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.