Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011

Red Flag Warning 67, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 24, 20117 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 24, 2011, 8:40 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 25, 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
Jun 24, 2011, 8:40 PM MDT (02:40 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 25, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jun 25, 2011, 8:29 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Lake County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 326 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2011-06-25Temperature 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2011-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
5253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
36 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
840 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM FOR FIRE ZONE
224...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 9
PM SATURDAY...FOR ZONES 220 AND 224 WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS
VALLEY...AND LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITY LEVELS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...
222...AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES LAKE...CHAFFEE...
FREMONT AND TELLER COUNTIES...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND ALL OF THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS...

COZ224-251845-
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SAN LUIS VALLEY-
840 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE
RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY AND 30
  TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY.

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

* HAINES...6.

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

&&

$$

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UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-
840 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. A
FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH
SUNDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...225... 
  226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 
  236 AND 237. 

* WINDS...WESTERLY GUSTS OF 25 TO 35 MPH.

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

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND
  RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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.

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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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-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-
840 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...
226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...
236 AND 237...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...225... 
  226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 
  236 AND 237. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

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

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND
  RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
911 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL
9 PM SATURDAY...FOR ZONES 220 AND 224 WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS
VALLEY...AND LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITY LEVELS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...
222...AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES LAKE...CHAFFEE...
FREMONT AND TELLER COUNTIES...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND ALL OF THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS...

COZ220-224-251915-
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UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-
911 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH
HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT
SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST GUSTS OF 25 TO 30 MPH SATURDAY AND 
  30 TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY. 

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

* HAINES...6.

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

&&

$$

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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-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-
911 PM MDT FRI JUN 24 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...
226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...
236 AND 237...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226... 
  227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...
  236 AND 237.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

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

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND 
  RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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
251 AM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW 
HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 9
PM SATURDAY...FOR ZONES 220 AND 224 WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS
VALLEY...AND LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITY LEVELS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...
222...AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES LAKE...CHAFFEE...
FREMONT AND TELLER COUNTIES...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND ALL OF THE
SOUTHEAST PLAINS...

COZ220-224-260100-
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UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-
251 AM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH
HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY
MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH SATURDAY...AND
  WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH ON SUNDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

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

&&

$$

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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-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-
251 AM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...
226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...
236 AND 237...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING
THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226... 
  227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 
  237. 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND 
  RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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
247 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW
HUMIDITY LEVELS...HIGH HAINES VALUES AND DRY FUELS...THROUGH 9 PM THIS
EVENING...FOR ZONES 220 AND 224 WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS
VALLEY...AND LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY
LEVELS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 11 AM THROUGH 9
PM SUNDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224 THROUGH
230...232...233...AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES LAKE...CHAFFEE... FREMONT
AND TELLER COUNTIES...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE I-25 CORRIDOR
AND OTERO...LAS ANIMAS...AND BACA COUNTIES...

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CROWLEY COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-
247 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...
234...235 AND 236...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH. 

ALTHOUGH HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP TO BETWEEN 5 AND 10
PERCENT ON SUNDAY...WIND GUSTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LESS THAN 25
MPH. THUS THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR CORWLEY...KIOWA...BENT...AND
PROWERS COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

$$

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UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-
247 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224...
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SUNDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG
WARNING ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5-10 PERCENT...WITH POOR RECOVERIES EXPECTED
  TONIGHT. 

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
  AND 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.

&&

$$

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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-
HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
247 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226...227...228...229...
230...232...233 AND 237...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226... 
  227...228...229...230...232...233 AND 237.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 15 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
  AND 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.

&&

$$
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
829 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ZONES 220
AND 224...

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY
LEVELS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 11 AM THROUGH
9 PM SUNDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224 THROUGH
230...232...233...AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES LAKE...CHAFFEE...
FREMONT AND TELLER COUNTIES...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE I-
25 CORRIDOR AND OTERO...LAS ANIMAS...AND BACA COUNTIES...

COZ220-224-261830-
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UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-
829 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224...
...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 220 AND 224...

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

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 224.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT...WITH POOR RECOVERIES
  EXPECTED TONIGHT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
  AND 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.

&&

$$

COZ221-222-225>230-232-233-237-261830-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0068.110626T1700Z-110627T0300Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-
HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
829 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES
INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226...227...
228...229...230...232...233 AND 237...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
SUNDAY. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226... 
  227...228...229...230...232...233 AND 237. 

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 TO 15 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE 
  BEHAVIOR AND 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.

&&

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 2:47 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Baca, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer and 10 more30 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.