Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 57, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 7, 2011, 3:30 PM MDT for 18 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 8, 2011, 12:00 PM 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
- Jun 7, 2011, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 8, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 8, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 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, 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, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 3988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840 WWUS85 KPUB 072130 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 224 THROUGH 237... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS. COZ224-225-229-230-081330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0042.110608T1800Z-110609T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0057.110608T1800Z-110609T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0043.110609T1800Z-110610T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110608T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 330 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. FINALLY.. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM MDT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230. * WINDS THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...5 AND 6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$ COZ221-222-226>228-231>237-081330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0042.110608T1800Z-110609T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0057.110608T1800Z-110609T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110608T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 330 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...226...227...228...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...226...227...228...231...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING...THEREFORE THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR WEDNESDAY. IN ADDITION...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...226...227...228 ...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. ON WEDNESDAY...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...5 AND 6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
4 follow-up statements
292 WWUS85 KPUB 080318 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 918 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS CONTINUES FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS CONTINUES FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225... 229 AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS. ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED. COZ224-225-229-230-081930- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110608T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0057.110608T1800Z-110609T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0043.110609T1800Z-110610T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 918 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225... 229 AND 230... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING THE RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING ALSO CONTINUES. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230. * WINDS THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL AS THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...5 AND 6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$ COZ221-222-226>228-231>237-081930- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0056.000000T0000Z-110608T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0057.110608T1800Z-110609T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 918 PM MDT TUE JUN 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...226...227...228...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING THE RED FLAG WARNING ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...226...227... 228 231...232...233...234...235...236 ...AND 237. * WINDS THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. ON WEDNESDAY... SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...5 AND 6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
691 WWUS85 KPUB 081045 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS CONTINUES FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS... COZ224-225-229-230-090245- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0057.110608T1800Z-110609T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0043.110609T1800Z-110610T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 445 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING THE RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING ALSO CONTINUES. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...5 AND 6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$ COZ221-222-226>228-231>237-090245- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0057.110608T1800Z-110609T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 445 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...226...227...228...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING THE RED FLAG WARNING ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...226...227... 228...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...5 AND 6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
168 WWUS85 KPUB 082114 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 314 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS... COZ224-225-229-230-091315- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0043.110609T1800Z-110610T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0058.110609T1800Z-110610T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110609T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 314 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE PREVIOUS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. IN ADDITION...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS CONTINUING THE RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...5 AND 6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$ COZ221-222-226>228-231>237-090300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110609T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 314 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 222...226...227...228...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...226...227... 228...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...EAST TO SOUTHEAST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...5 AND 6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
488 WWUS85 KPUB 090259 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 859 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225... 229 AND 230... WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... COZ224-225-229-230-091900- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110609T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0058.110609T1800Z-110610T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 859 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225... 229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH...WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...5 TO 15 PERCENT. * HAINES...5 AND 6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL BEGIN SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXTREME FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ221-222-226>228-231>237-090400- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0057.000000T0000Z-110609T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 859 PM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...226...227... 228...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:04 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 12 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:30 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more | 24 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.