Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 18, 2011, 3:36 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 19, 2011, 12:00 PM 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 18, 2011, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 19, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:40 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 277 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
- 1870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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. && $$ COZ221-224-226>228-231>233-235>237-190300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 336 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 224...226...227...228...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...224...226...227... 228...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...7 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE LIKELY WITH ANY FIRES THROUGH THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
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. && $$ COZ221-224-226>228-231>233-235>237-190230- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-110419T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 717 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...224...226...227...228...231...232... 233...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HUMIDITY HAS RISEN ABOVE 15 PERCENT OVER MOST OF THE AREA...AND WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY DECREASE IN SPEED THROUGH THE NIGHT. $$
909 WWUS85 KPUB 191040 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 440 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING 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...HAS BEEN CANCELED... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM ON THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS... .WETTING PRECIPITATION HAS MITIGATED THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT FOR TODAY...AND THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELED. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON THURSDAY...AND ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS MAY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. COZ229-230-200245- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0032.110419T1800Z-110420T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0024.110421T1800Z-110422T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 440 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT BY THURSDAY 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ222-225-191145- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0032.110419T1800Z-110420T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 440 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 225... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WETTING PRECIPITATION HAS MITIGATED THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT. $$ COZ226>228-231>237-200245- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0024.110421T1800Z-110422T0200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 440 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...AND 231 THROUGH 237. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS...20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT BY THURSDAY 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 FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
529 WWUS85 KPUB 191135 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 525 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT 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 FOR TODAY...HAS BEEN CANCELLED... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM ON THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... .WETTING PRECIPITATION HAS MITIGATED THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT FOR TODAY...AND THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS THEREFORE BEEN CANCELLED. STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN ON THURSDAY...AND ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS MAY RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. COZ229-230-200345- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0032.110419T1800Z-110420T0200Z/ /O.COR.KPUB.FW.A.0024.110421T1800Z-110422T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 525 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230 FOR TODAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ222-225-191230- /O.COR.KPUB.FW.W.0032.110419T1800Z-110420T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 525 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 225... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. WETTING PRECIPITATION HAS MITIGATED THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT FOR TODAY. $$ COZ226>228-231>237-200345- /O.COR.KPUB.FW.A.0024.110421T1800Z-110422T0200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 525 AM MDT TUE APR 19 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...AND 231 THROUGH 237. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 4:18 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 32 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.