Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 15, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 16, 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
- Mar 15, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2011, 7:58 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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, 9.0 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
- 2158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
342 WWUS85 KPUB 152100 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 300 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 BELOW 8500 FEET...225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 BELOW 8500 FEET...225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM. THE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS ACROSS THE AREA...WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. SIMILAR WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH STRONGER WINDS WILL AGAIN CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ON THURSDAY...AS A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE STATE. COZ221-222-225>237-161300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0003.110316T1800Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0009.110316T1800Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0010.110317T1700Z-110318T0200Z/ 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- 300 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY AND FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 225 THROUGH 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 AND 225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH WEST WINDS OF 30 TO 40 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 60 MPH POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...AROUND 10 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
866 WWUS85 KPUB 161012 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 412 AM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 BELOW 8500 FEET...225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 BELOW 8500 FEET...225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. VERY WARM WEATHER...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM. THE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS ACROSS THE AREA...WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. SIMILAR WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS WILL AGAIN CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ON THURSDAY...AS A STRONG JET STREAM MOVES THROUGH WYOMING. COZ221-222-225>237-170215- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0009.110316T1800Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0010.110317T1700Z-110318T0200Z/ 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- 412 AM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226... 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING...WITH WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE 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. && $$ SR
288 WWUS85 KPUB 162105 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 BELOW 8500 FEET...225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...UNTIL TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 BELOW 8500 FEET...225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. VERY WARM WEATHER...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM. THE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS ACROSS THE AREA...WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. SIMILAR WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS WILL AGAIN CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ON THURSDAY...AS A STRONG JET STREAM MOVES THROUGH WYOMING. COZ221-222-225>237-171315- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0010.110317T1700Z-110318T0200Z/ 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- 305 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 222...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233... 234...235...236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226... 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE 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. && $$
448 WWUS85 KPUB 162116 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 312 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 BELOW 8500 FEET...225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...UNTIL 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 BELOW 8500 FEET...225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. VERY WARM WEATHER...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING WEATHER SYSTEM. THE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS ACROSS THE AREA...WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. SIMILAR WEATHER CONDITIONS WITH EVEN STRONGER WINDS WILL AGAIN CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ACROSS THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS ON THURSDAY...AS A STRONG JET STREAM MOVES THROUGH WYOMING. COZ221-222-225>237-171330- /O.COR.KPUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.COR.KPUB.FW.W.0010.110317T1700Z-110318T0200Z/ 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- 312 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 222...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233... 234...235...236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 AND 225 BELOW 8500 FEET...AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH THROUGH EARLY WEDNESDAY EVENING...WITH WEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING BOTH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE 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. && $$
128 WWUS85 KPUB 170158 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 758 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 BELOW 8500 FEET...225 BELOW 8500 FEET AND ZONES 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS...FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...IS CONTINUING A RED FLAG WARNING FOR MOST OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS FOR THURSDAY. VERY WARM WEATHER...LOW AFTERNOON HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY EVENING. THE EXPECTED WEATHER CONDITIONS...COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS ACROSS THE AREA... WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. COZ221-222-225>237-171800- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0010.110317T1700Z-110318T0200Z/ 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- 758 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING...AND WILL CONTINUE THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR LATE THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 BELOW 9000 FEET...222 AND 225 BELOW 8500 FEET...AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. * WIND...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MPH POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...AT OR BELOW 10 PERCENT FOR SEVERAL HOURS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 3:00 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 53 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.