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Fire Weather Watch 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this fire weather watch at Aug 29, 2012, 2:37 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Aug 30, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2012, 2:37 PM MDT (20:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 30, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 30, 2012, 4:06 AM MDT
- In force
- 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 20:38 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 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
- 3276 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
949 WWUS85 KPUB 292037 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 237 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 2000 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA... BENT... PROWERS...BACA...AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1200 NOON UNTIL 2000 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA... BENT... PROWERS...BACA...AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ231>237-301245- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0021.120830T1800Z-120831T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120830T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 237 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...235...236 AND 237... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES ...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH RATES AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. * HAINES...5. 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. && $$ SR
2 follow-up statements
475 WWUS85 KPUB 300154 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 754 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITIES... GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1200 NOON UNTIL 2000 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY... OTERO...KIOWA... BENT... PROWERS...BACA...AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ231>237-301800- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0035.000000T0000Z-120830T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0021.120830T1800Z-120831T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 754 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...7 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH RATES AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. * HAINES...5. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
178 WWUS85 KPUB 301006 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 406 AM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 1200 UNTIL 2000 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS...BACA...AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ231>237-310200- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0021.120830T1800Z-120831T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0036.120830T1800Z-120831T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 406 AM MDT THU AUG 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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 NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH RATES AND ERRATIC BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. 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. && $$
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.