Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 45, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 25, 2011, 3:05 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 26, 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
- May 25, 2011, 3:05 PM MDT (21:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 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 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 2310 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
200 WWUS85 KPUB 252105 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM THURSDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...229 AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN I-25 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD AREA... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ224-261315- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0033.110526T1800Z-110527T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0045.110526T1800Z-110527T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0034.110527T1800Z-110528T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 305 PM MDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WIND...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH BOTH THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT BOTH AFTERNOONS. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ229-230-261315- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0045.110526T1800Z-110527T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 305 PM MDT WED MAY 25 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
4 follow-up statements
739 WWUS85 KPUB 260957 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 357 AM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...229 AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD AREAS.. ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ224-270200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0045.110526T1800Z-110527T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0034.110527T1800Z-110528T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 357 AM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TODAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WIND...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ229-230-270200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0045.110526T1800Z-110527T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 357 AM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF AROUND 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
393 WWUS85 KPUB 262105 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...229 AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD AREAS.. ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ224-271315- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0034.110527T1800Z-110528T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0046.110527T1800Z-110528T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0035.110528T1800Z-110529T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110527T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 305 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WIND...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ229-230-270200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110527T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 305 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF AROUND 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
636 WWUS85 KPUB 262110 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 309 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...229 AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD AREAS.. ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ224-271330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0034.110527T1800Z-110528T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0046.110527T1800Z-110528T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0035.110528T1800Z-110529T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110527T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 309 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WIND...SOUTHWEST AT 25 TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOONS AND EARLY EVENINGS. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ229-230-270200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110527T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 309 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230. * WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF AROUND 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
698 WWUS85 KPUB 270156 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 756 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...229 AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR INCLUDING THE WALSENBURG AND TRINIDAD AREAS.. ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM FRIDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SATURDAY... FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ224-271800- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110527T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0046.110527T1800Z-110528T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0035.110528T1800Z-110529T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 756 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WIND...INCREASING FROM THE SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 35 MPH FOR FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY RETURN FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ229-230-270300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0045.000000T0000Z-110527T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 756 PM MDT THU MAY 26 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THIS EVENING WITH HUMIDITIES INCREASING ABOVE 15 PERCENT BY 8 PM. THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:32 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 12 hr |
| May 25, 3:05 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 24 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.