Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011

Red Flag Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 29, 201114 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 29, 2011, 3:45 AM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 30, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 29, 2011, 3:45 AM MDT (09:45 UTC)
In effect from
May 30, 2011, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 30, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent 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, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:47 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 4:50 PM MDTNON-TSTM WND GST 625 Nne La Junta, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-29Temperature 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 00:00Z on 2011-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 144 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
1444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
429 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.

647 
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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...

COZ228>233-235>237-300145-
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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.

&&

$$

COZ234-300145-
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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.

&&

$$

COZ224-300145-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0048.110529T1700Z-110530T0300Z/
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.

&&

$$
6 follow-up statements
279 
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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...

COZ234-301300-
/O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110530T0300Z/
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0049.110530T1700Z-110531T0300Z/
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.

&&

$$

COZ228>233-235>237-301300-
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/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0049.110530T1700Z-110531T0300Z/
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.

&&

$$

COZ224-300300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110530T0300Z/
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.

&&

$$
561 
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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...

COZ228>237-301900-
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/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0049.110530T1700Z-110531T0300Z/
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.

&&

$$

COZ224-300400-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-110530T0300Z/
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. 

$$
917 
WWUS85 KPUB 301007
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
407 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2011

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

COZ228>237-310215-
/O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0049.110530T1500Z-110531T0300Z/
PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
407 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 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...234...235...
236 AND 237...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

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

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 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.

&&

$$
658 
WWUS85 KPUB 301659
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1059 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2011

....A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...THROUGH 9 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
222...AND 225 THROUGH 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO
COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET
MOUNTAIN ZONES BELOW 10000 FEET...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES
AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
228 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS...


COZ222-225>227-310300-
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FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
1059 AM MDT MON MAY 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...225...
226 AND 227...

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 ZONES 222...225...226 AND 227. 

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 30 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE 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.

&&

$$

COZ228>237-310300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110531T0300Z/
PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
1059 AM MDT MON MAY 30 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...234...235...236 AND 237...

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

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 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.

&&

$$
SR
846 
WWUS85 KPUB 302134
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
334 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 9 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 222...AND 225 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST
PLAINS... EL PASO COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAIN ZONES BELOW 10000 FEET...


COZ222-225>237-310300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110531T0300Z/
FREMONT COUNTY-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-
334 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...
AND 225 THROUGH 237...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 225 THROUGH 237.

* WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

* MINIMUM RELATIVE 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.

&&

$$
SR
373 
WWUS85 KPUB 310247
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
847 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT TODAY...

COZ222-225>237-310400-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110531T0300Z/
FREMONT COUNTY-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-
847 PM MDT MON MAY 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 222...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...
232...233...234...235...236 AND 237...

THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 


$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.