Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Feb 22, 2012, 4:02 AM MST for Baca County, Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Feb 22, 2012, 12:00 PM MST. It was in force for 5 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
- Feb 22, 2012, 4:02 AM MST (11:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 22, 2012, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Feb 22, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:02 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 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 2485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
837 WWUS85 KPUB 221102 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 402 AM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY BETWEEN 1200 AND 1700 LOCAL TIME FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES HUERFANO COUNTY...LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AND BACA COUNTY... COZ227-228-231-232-234>236-221215- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0001.120222T1900Z-120223T0000Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 402 AM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...231...232... 234...235 AND 236. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. GUSTY WINDS AND WARM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO TODAY...HOWEVER RELATIVE HUMIDITES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY BETWEEN 15 AND 20 PERCENT. $$ COZ229-230-233-237-230000- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0001.120222T1900Z-120223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0001.120222T1900Z-120223T0000Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 402 AM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...BETWEEN 10 AND 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
2 follow-up statements
857 WWUS85 KPUB 222217 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 317 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR TODAY BETWEEN 1200 AND 1700 LOCAL TIME FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES HUERFANO COUNTY...LAS ANIMAS COUNTY AND BACA COUNTY... COZ229-230-233-237-230000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T0000Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 317 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR 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. && $$
631 WWUS85 KPUB 222358 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 458 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... COZ229-230-233-237-230100- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120223T0000Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 458 PM MST WED FEB 22 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 8:09 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 8 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:57 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.