Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 75, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 6, 2011, 4:11 AM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 6, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr. 10 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
- Oct 6, 2011, 4:11 AM MDT (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 6, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 6, 2011, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 12:23 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 28 Ese Colorado Springs, CO | BULLSEYE AUX AIRSTRIP. |
| Oct 6, 1:35 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 2 Ne Aguilar, CO | I-25 AT AGUILAR CDOT. |
| Oct 6, 1:37 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 5 Ene Peyton, CO | |
| Oct 6, 1:43 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 Ese Hoehne, CO | TRINIDAD AIRPORT ASOS. |
| Oct 6, 1:59 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 4 Sw Campo, CO | UTE CANYON BLM/USDA. |
| Oct 6, 2:07 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 5 Ene Peyton, CO | |
| Oct 6, 2:37 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 4 Sw Campo, CO | UTE CANYON BLM/USDA. |
| Oct 6, 2:37 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 73 | 5 Ene Peyton, CO | |
| Oct 6, 3:01 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 17 Nw Two Buttes, CO | GOBBLERS KNOB CDOT. |
| Oct 6, 3:20 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 7 Sse Springfield, 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 3278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
434 WWUS85 KPUB 061011 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 411 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...230 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ226-227-230>237-070100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0075.111006T1800Z-111007T0100Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 411 AM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...230...231... 232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR VOLATILE FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
559 WWUS85 KPUB 062059 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...230 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT... PROWERS...AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ226-227-230>237-070100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0075.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 259 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...230...231... 232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. WINDS WILL DIMINISH THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15-20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR VOLATILE FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
934 WWUS85 KPUB 070038 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 638 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 7 PM... COZ226-227-230>237-070145- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0075.000000T0000Z-111007T0100Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 638 PM MDT THU OCT 6 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A COLD FRONT WAS MOVING ACROSS THE PLAINS EARLY THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES BEHIND THE FRONT WERE DROPPING INTO THE 50S AND 60S...AND WINDS WERE GRADUALLY DECREASING. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS TEMPERATURES CONTINUE TO FALL ACROSS THE PLAINS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 4:06 AM MDT | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley and 9 more | 16 hr |
| Oct 6, 2:58 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 14 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:01 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 18 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.