Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 31, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 17, 2011, 3:04 PM MDT for 18 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 18, 2011, 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
- Apr 17, 2011, 3:04 PM MDT (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 18, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 18, 2011, 7:17 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 2838 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 227 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
591 WWUS85 KPUB 172104 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 304 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...227 THROUGH 237... WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS...IS ALSO IN EFFECT...FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ222-225-227>237-181315- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0023.110418T1600Z-110419T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0031.110418T1700Z-110419T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110418T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-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- 304 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... 225...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225... 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 9 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...TODAY...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. ON MONDAY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT TODAY...AND 7 TO 15 PERCENT ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES TODAY AND AGAIN ON 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. && $$ COZ221-224-226-181315- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0023.110418T1600Z-110419T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0031.110418T1700Z-110419T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 304 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...224 AND 226... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...224 AND 226. * WIND...MONDAY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
6 follow-up statements
754 WWUS85 KPUB 180135 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 735 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS...IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ222-225-227>237-181745- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-110418T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0031.110418T1700Z-110419T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-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- 735 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...227...228...229...230...231... 232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT...BUT A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...ON MONDAY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...ON MONDAY 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES. 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. && $$ COZ221-224-226-181745- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0031.110418T1700Z-110419T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 735 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...224 AND 226... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...224 AND 226. * WIND...MONDAY...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT ON MONDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
937 WWUS85 KPUB 180210 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 810 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS...IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 237... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ221-222-224>237-181815- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0031.110418T1700Z-110419T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-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- 810 PM MDT SUN APR 17 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224...225... 226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237. * WIND...ON MONDAY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...ON MONDAY 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES. 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. && $$
663 WWUS85 KPUB 181009 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 409 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS...IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 237... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ221-222-224>237-190215- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0031.110418T1700Z-110419T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 409 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224...225...226...227...228...229... 230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224...225... 226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237. * WIND...ON MONDAY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...ON MONDAY 7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
725 WWUS85 KPUB 181639 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1039 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS...IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM UNTIL 900 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 233 AND 235 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ234-181745- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0031.110418T1700Z-110419T0300Z/ KIOWA COUNTY- 1039 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 234... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 234 * WIND...SOUTHEAST WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 30 MPH AND SHIFT AROUND FROM THE SOUTH BY LATE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...15-20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE 15 PERCENT ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE MET. $$ COZ221-222-224>233-235>237-190300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0031.110418T1700Z-110419T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 1039 AM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 222...224...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224...225... 226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
031 WWUS85 KPUB 182136 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 336 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS...IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...AND 224 THROUGH 233 AND 235 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES...AND EXISTING DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1200 PM UNTIL 800 PM TUESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...229...AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR OF HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ222-225-229-230-191345- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0032.110419T1800Z-110420T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 336 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... 225...229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225... 229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...229 AND 230. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT THROUGH THIS EVENING...10 TO 15 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 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. && $$ COZ221-224-226>228-231>233-235>237-190300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 336 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 224...226...227...228...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...224...226...227... 228...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
400 WWUS85 KPUB 190117 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 717 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES... AND EXISTING DRY FUELS...REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1200 PM UNTIL 800 PM TUESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...229...AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR OF HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ222-225-229-230-191730- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0032.110419T1800Z-110420T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 717 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TUESDAY REMAINS IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...229 AND 230. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT BY EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND 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. && $$ COZ221-224-226>228-231>233-235>237-190230- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 717 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...224...226...227...228...231...232... 233...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HUMIDITY HAS RISEN ABOVE 15 PERCENT OVER MOST OF THE AREA...AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN SPEED THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
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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.