Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 25, 2012, 9:12 AM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado. It took effect at May 26, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr. 6 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
- May 25, 2012, 9:12 AM MDT (15:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 26, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 26, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 3:43 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 6 Sw Truckton, CO | |
| May 26, 3:54 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 1 Wnw Air Force Academy, CO | |
| May 26, 4:24 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 S Peterson Afb, CO | |
| May 26, 4:36 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 4 W Fountain, CO | |
| May 26, 4:42 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Wnw Air Force Academy, CO | |
| May 26, 4:44 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Sse Air Force Academy, 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 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1444 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 356 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
863 WWUS85 KPUB 251512 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 912 AM MDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM SATURDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE... COZ221-260715- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0021.120526T1600Z-120527T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- 912 AM MDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
082 WWUS85 KPUB 251615 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1015 AM MDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM SATURDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE AND FREMONT COUNTY... COZ222-260815- /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0021.120526T1600Z-120527T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY- 1015 AM MDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ221-260815- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.120526T1600Z-120527T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- 1015 AM MDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221. * WINDS...SOUTH 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$
221 WWUS85 KPUB 252113 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 313 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM SATURDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE AND FREMONT COUNTY... COZ221-222-261315- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.120526T1600Z-120527T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- 313 PM MDT FRI MAY 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
168 WWUS85 KPUB 261013 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 413 AM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 10 AM TO 10 PM SATURDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE AND FREMONT COUNTY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE AND FREMONT COUNTY... COZ221-222-270215- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0014.120527T1800Z-120528T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0021.120526T1600Z-120527T0400Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- 413 AM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 AND 222... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222... 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 SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH TODAY. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT TODAY...AND AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT ON SUNDAY. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
659 WWUS85 KPUB 262139 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 339 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 10 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE AND FREMONT COUNTY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE AND FREMONT COUNTY... COZ221-222-271345- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0014.120527T1800Z-120528T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0022.120527T1800Z-120528T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120527T0400Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- 339 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 AND 222... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST AT 20 TO 30 MPH ON SUNDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * HAINES...6. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
185 WWUS85 KPUB 270353 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 953 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY...THE RAMPART RANGE AND FREMONT COUNTY... COZ221-222-272000- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120527T0400Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0022.120527T1800Z-120528T0200Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- 953 PM MDT SAT MAY 26 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 AND 222... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 221 AND 222... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. * HAINES...5. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 4:26 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 15 more | 24 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.