Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011

Red Flag Warning 72, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 29, 201120 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 29, 2011, 2:42 PM MDT for 20 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 30, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. 5 reports 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
Jun 29, 2011, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 30, 2011, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 30, 2011, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Chaffee 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, Lake 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), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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
Jun 30, 1:15 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 615 Wsw Buena Vista, COMEASURED AT K7BM
Jun 30, 1:16 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 622 S Buena Vista, COMEASURED AT KAEJ
Jun 30, 1:20 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 622 S Buena Vista, CO
Jun 30, 5:28 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 67Air Force Academy, CO
Jun 30, 5:39 PM MDTTSTM WND GST 66Air Force Academy, 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 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 241 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 2011-06-29Temperature 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 12:00Z on 2011-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
4084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
17 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
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-
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/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.

&&

$$

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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-
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/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.

&&

$$
4 follow-up statements
224 
WWUS85 KPUB 300239
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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-
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/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.

&&

$$
224 
WWUS85 KPUB 301038
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
438 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH
HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH
9 PM TODAY 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>237-010245-
/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-PUEBLO COUNTY-
HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-
OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-
PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
438 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH
HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...
222...224...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...
233...234...235...236 AND 237...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. 

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224...
  225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...
  235...236 AND 237...

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH. ERRATIC
  MICROBURST WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY THUNDERSTORMS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 8 TO 13 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.

&&

$$
863 
WWUS85 KPUB 302107
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
307 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH
HAINES...AND DRY LIGHTNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM TODAY 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>237-010300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0072.000000T0000Z-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-PUEBLO COUNTY-
HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-
OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-
PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY-
307 PM MDT THU JUN 30 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...227...
228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224... 
  225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 
  235...236 AND 237... 

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. ERRATIC
  MICROBURST WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH POSSIBLE NEAR ANY
  THUNDERSTORMS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES OF 8 TO 13 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.

&&

$$
680 
WWUS85 KPUB 010300
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
900 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED...

COZ220>222-224>237-010400-
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UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-
FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-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-
900 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...224...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. 

WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAS CLIMBED ABOVE 15
PERCENT OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN COLORADO...THUS THE RED FLAG WARNING
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 

$$

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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.