Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011

Red Flag Warning 48, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 28, 201114 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 28, 2011, 3:43 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 29, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 28, 2011, 3:43 PM MDT (21:43 UTC)
In effect from
May 29, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 29, 2011, 8:53 PM MDT
In force
10 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, 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

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:41 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 255 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 265 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1593 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
86 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
265 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
293 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
343 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES
AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 8 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...229
AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...EASTERN HUERFANO
AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES
AND DRY FUELS...FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM SUNDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
224...228 THROUGH 233...AND 235 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE
SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS EXCLUDING EL PASO AND
KIOWA COUNTIES...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES
AND DRY FUELS...FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 228 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS
EXCLUDING EL PASO COUNTY...

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HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
343 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 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...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 229 AND 230...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG
WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING
FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY...AND ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230. 

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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SAN LUIS VALLEY-
343 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 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 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG
WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING...AND ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. 

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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PUEBLO COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-
PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
343 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...232...
233...235...236 AND 237...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 228...232...233...235...236 AND 237...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...232...233...235...
  236 AND 237. 

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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CROWLEY COUNTY-
343 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 231...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 231.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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KIOWA COUNTY-
343 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 234...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 234.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID
  RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START.

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.

&&

$$
5 follow-up statements
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
758 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM SUNDAY...FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 224...228 THROUGH 233...AND 235 THROUGH 237...WHICH
INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS EXCLUDING
EL PASO AND KIOWA COUNTIES...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES
THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS EXCLUDING EL PASO COUNTY...

...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 224...229 AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...
EASTERN HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...HAS BEEN
CANCELLED... 

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HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
758 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
229 AND 230...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY 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 CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS
IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229 AND 230. 

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID 
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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SAN LUIS VALLEY-
758 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
224...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT
FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID 
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
758 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
228...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 228...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING THE RED FLAG
WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...231...232...233...
  235...236 AND 237. 

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID 
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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KIOWA COUNTY-
758 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 234...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 234.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID 
  RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START.

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.

&&

$$
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
952 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM SUNDAY...FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 224...228 THROUGH 233...AND 235 THROUGH 237...WHICH
INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS EXCLUDING
EL PASO AND KIOWA COUNTIES...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES 
THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS EXCLUDING EL PASO COUNTY...

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PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-
PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
952 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
228...229...230...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231...232...233...235...236 AND
237...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING THE RED FLAG
WARNING FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231...
  232...233...235...236 AND 237. 

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID 
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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SAN LUIS VALLEY-
952 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
224...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES 
  DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID 
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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KIOWA COUNTY-
952 PM MDT SAT MAY 28 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY MORNING
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 234...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH FROM MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 234.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID 
  RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START.

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.

&&

$$
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
345 AM MDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 224...228 THROUGH 233...AND 235 THROUGH 237...WHICH
INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS EXCEPT EL
PASO AND KIOWA COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR MONDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES
THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS EXCEPT EL PASO COUNTY...

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PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-
PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
345 AM MDT SUN MAY 29 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 228...229...230...231...232...233...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 228...229...
230...231...232...233...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 228...229...230...231...
  232...233...235...236 AND 237.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH TODAY...THEN
  WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ON MONDAY. 

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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KIOWA COUNTY-
345 AM MDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 234...

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 ZONE 234.

* WIND...WEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID 
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$

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SAN LUIS VALLEY-
345 AM MDT SUN MAY 29 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 ZONE 224...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID 
  RATES OF 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.

&&

$$
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
259 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 9 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 224 AND 228 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY
AND THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS EXCEPT FOR EL PASO COUNTY...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST
PLAINS EXCEPT FOR EL PASO COUNTY...

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KIOWA COUNTY-
259 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 234...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
234...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 234.

* WIND...THIS EVENING...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
  MONDAY...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...5 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FIRE STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE
  BEHAVIOR.

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.

&&

$$

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PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-
PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
259 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...
229...230...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237...
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
228...229...230...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231...
  232...233...235...236 AND 237. 

* WIND...THIS EVENING...SOUTHWEST 20 T0 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH.
  MONDAY...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FIRE STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE
  BEHAVIOR.

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.

&&

$$

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SAN LUIS VALLEY-
259 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FIRE STARTS AND EXTREME FIRE
  BEHAVIOR.

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.

&&

$$
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
853 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST
PLAINS EXCEPT FOR EL PASO COUNTY...

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED...

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PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
853 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 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
228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY REMAINS
IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231...
  232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. 

* WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FIRE STARTS AND EXTREME 
  FIREBEHAVIOR. 

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.

&&

$$

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SAN LUIS VALLEY-
853 PM MDT SUN MAY 29 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. 

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 3:43 PM MDTFire Weather WatchPUBBaca, Bent, Crowley, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more12 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.