Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 71, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 28, 2011, 2:37 PM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 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
- Jun 28, 2011, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2011, 8:39 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 271 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
- 2151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 179 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
769 WWUS85 KPUB 282037 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 237 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...224...225... 229...230 AND 233...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...LAKE...CHAFFEE...FREMONT...CUSTER...HUERFANO AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM UNTIL 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224...225...226 229...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... LAKE...CHAFFEE...FREMONT...TELLER...NORTHERN EL PASO...HUERFANO ...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 222 AND 224 THROUGH 237 WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... COZ220-222-224-225-229-230-233-291245- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0051.110629T1700Z-110630T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0071.110629T1700Z-110630T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110629T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 237 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY LIGHTNING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...224... 225...229...230 AND 233... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES...AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...224...225...229... 230 AND 233... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...224...225...229...230 AND 233... 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 WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR WEDNESDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...225...229... 230 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 TO 15 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR 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. && $$ COZ221-226-237-291245- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0071.110629T1700Z-110630T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 237 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 237... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES...AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228... 231...232...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH FOR WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...9 TO 15 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE STARTS... EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ227-228-231-232-234>236-291245- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 237 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227... 228...231...232...234...235 AND 236... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228... 231...232...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 13 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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
744 WWUS85 KPUB 290253 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 853 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224... 225...226...229...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...LAKE...CHAFFEE...FREMONT...TELLER...NORTHERN EL PASO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 222 AND 224 THROUGH 237 WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... COZ220-222-224-225-229-230-233-291900- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0070.000000T0000Z-110629T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0071.110629T1700Z-110630T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 853 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...224...225... 229...230 AND 233... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220... 222...224...225...229...230 AND 233... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... 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 WEDNESDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...224...225... 229...230 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR 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. && $$ COZ221-226-237-291900- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0071.110629T1700Z-110630T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 853 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 237... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 226 AND 237... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...AND A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE STARTS... EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. 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. && $$ COZ227-228-231-232-234>236-291900- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 853 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227... 228...231...232...234...235 AND 236... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...231...232... 234...235 AND 236. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
788 WWUS85 KPUB 290918 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 318 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224... 225...226...229...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...LAKE...CHAFFEE...FREMONT...TELLER...NORTHERN EL PASO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 222 AND 224 THROUGH 237 WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... COZ220>222-224>226-229-230-233-237-300130- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0071.110629T1700Z-110630T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 318 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...224... 225...229...230 AND 233... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220... 222...224...225...229...230 AND 233... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...224...225... 229...230 AND 233. * WINDS...WEDNESDAY...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-15 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR 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. && $$ COZ227-228-231-232-234>236-300130- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 318 AM MDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227... 228...231...232...234...235 AND 236... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...231...232... 234...235 AND 236. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-15 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ SR
279 WWUS85 KPUB 292042 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 242 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224... 225...226...227...229...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...LAKE...CHAFFEE...FREMONT...TELLER...EL PASO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 9 PM THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... COZ220>222-224>226-229-230-233-237-301245- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0072.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110630T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 242 PM MDT WED JUN 29 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...221...222...224...225...226...229... 230...233 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224...225...226...229... 230...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 THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...224...225... 229...230 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ON THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY...PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEYS AND SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR 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. && $$ COZ227-301245- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0072.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110630T0300Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 242 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 227... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 227... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 227. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WITH LOCAL GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING. ON THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10-15 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE STARTS... EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ228-231-232-234>236-301245- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0052.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0072.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY- BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 242 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...231...232...234...235 AND 236... 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 THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR THURSDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...231...232...234... 235 AND 236. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-15 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRE STARTS... EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD ON THURSDAY. 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. && $$
224 WWUS85 KPUB 300239 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 839 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 9 PM THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAKE AND CHAFFEE COUNTIES...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... COZ220>222-224>227-229-230-233-237-301845- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0071.000000T0000Z-110630T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0072.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 839 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224... 225...226...227...229...230...233 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... 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 THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224... 225...226...227...229...230...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE... PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE LOWER VALLEYS AND SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR 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. && $$ COZ228-231-232-234>236-301845- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0072.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY- BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 839 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...231...232...234... 235 AND 236... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...231...232...234... 235 AND 236. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY LIGHTNING WILL BE POSSIBLE. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 66 min |
| Jun 27, 8:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Jun 27, 9:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 44 min |
| Jun 28, 4:35 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 14 more | 34 hr |
| Jun 28, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 40 min |
| Jun 28, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| Jun 28, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 53 min |
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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.