Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 77, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Nov 4, 2011, 2:27 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 5, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 11 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
- Nov 4, 2011, 2:27 PM MDT (20:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 5, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Nov 5, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 10:16 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 12 Ne Trinidad, CO | |
| Nov 5, 11:18 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 3 Wnw Swink, CO | |
| Nov 5, 11:38 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 5 Nne La Junta, CO | |
| Nov 5, 11:43 AM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 4 W Lamar, CO | |
| Nov 5, 12:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 10 E Lamar, CO | SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OFF HIGHWAY 50 AT MILE MARKER 447 AROUND NOON. |
| Nov 5, 12:36 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 4 W Lamar, CO | |
| Nov 5, 1:01 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 25 S Lamar, CO | GOBBLERS KNOB CDOT SENSOR |
| Nov 5, 1:16 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 25 S Lamar, CO | GOBBLERS NOTCH AWOS SITE |
| Nov 5, 1:53 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 7 Sse Springfield, CO | |
| Nov 5, 3:59 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 68 | 4 Sw Campo, CO | UTE CANYON RAWS |
| Nov 5, 4:42 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 3 Ese Hoehne, CO | TRINIDAD ASOS |
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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 3934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
411 WWUS85 KPUB 042027 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 227 PM MDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND PERSISTENT DROUGHT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY...FROM 1000 UNTIL 1800 LOCAL TIME. THIS WARNING IS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ231>237-051230- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0077.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 227 PM MDT FRI NOV 4 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND PERSISTENT DROUGHT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 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 10 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR 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. && $$ HODANISH
3 follow-up statements
427 WWUS85 KPUB 051026 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 426 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND PERSISTENT DROUGHT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SATURDAY...FROM 1000 UNTIL 1800 LOCAL TIME. THIS WARNING IS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231... 232...233...234...235...236 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY... OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ231>237-060000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0077.111105T1600Z-111106T0000Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 426 AM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND PERSISTENT DROUGHT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
718 WWUS85 KPUB 052046 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 246 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND PERSISTENT DROUGHT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1800 LOCAL TIME. THIS WARNING IS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY... OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...BENT...KIOWA...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ231>237-060000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0077.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 246 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 35 TO 45 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR 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. && $$
711 WWUS85 KPUB 052347 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 547 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM FOR THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ231>237-060100- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0077.000000T0000Z-111106T0000Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 547 PM MDT SAT NOV 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING WHICH WILL BRING AN END TO THE THREAT FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 8:40 PM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 45 hr |
| Nov 3, 8:40 PM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 50 hr |
| Nov 4, 2:17 PM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 7 hr |
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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.