Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 36, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 4, 2011, 3:52 AM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 4, 2011, 11:00 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
- May 4, 2011, 3:52 AM MDT (09:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 4, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 4, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 5641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
988 WWUS85 KPUB 040952 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 352 AM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ231-232-234>236-041100- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0027.110504T1700Z-110505T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY- 352 AM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...234...235 AND 236... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231... 232...234...235 AND 236. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED. $$ COZ224-230-233-237-050200- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0027.110504T1700Z-110505T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0036.110504T1700Z-110505T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 352 AM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
3 follow-up statements
341 WWUS85 KPUB 042201 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 401 PM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ224-230-233-237-050200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110505T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 401 PM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224... 230...233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 10 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$
422 WWUS85 KPUB 050156 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 756 PM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AS WELL AS LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ224-230-233-237-050300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110505T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 756 PM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. HUMIDITY LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASING BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT. $$
958 WWUS85 KPUB 050200 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 800 PM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AS WELL AS LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ224-230-233-237-050300- /O.COR.KPUB.FW.W.0036.000000T0000Z-110505T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 800 PM MDT WED MAY 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. HUMIDITY LEVELS ACROSS THE AREA WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AS WINDS CONTINUE TO DECREASE BEHIND A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO NORTHERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING. THIS WILL ALLOW FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT. $$
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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.