Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 8, 2012, 2:17 PM MDT for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 9, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 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
- Jun 8, 2012, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 9, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 282 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
- 740 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -125 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1067 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -1.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
943 WWUS85 KPUB 082017 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 217 PM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...FROM 1000 TO 2100 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225...WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...FREMONT COUNTY...AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ221-222-224-225-091230- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0015.120609T1800Z-120610T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0023.120609T1600Z-120610T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 217 PM MDT FRI JUN 8 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AREAS WITH DRY FUELS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. * HAINES...6. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
940 WWUS85 KPUB 090913 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 313 AM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... HIGH HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LATE SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING...FROM 1000 TO 2100 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225...WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...FREMONT COUNTY...PIKES PEAK REGION...AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ221-222-224-225-100115- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0023.120609T1600Z-120610T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 313 AM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222... 224 AND 225... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AREAS WITH DRY FUELS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. * HAINES...6. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
616 WWUS85 KPUB 092102 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 302 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... HIGH HAINES VALUES...AND DRY FUELS...REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2100 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225...WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...FREMONT COUNTY... PIKES PEAK REGION...AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ221-222-224-225-100300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120610T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 302 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN AREAS WITH DRY FUELS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL LIKELY EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. * HAINES...6. 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. && $$
350 WWUS85 KPUB 100246 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 846 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225... COZ221-222-224-225-100400- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120610T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 846 PM MDT SAT JUN 9 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...224 AND 225... THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW CRITERIA IN MOST AREAS...AND THE HUMIDITIES AREA SLOWLY INCREASING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 6:53 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 7:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 8:14 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 8:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| Jun 7, 8:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jun 7, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jun 7, 8:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 50 min |
| Jun 7, 9:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 66 min |
| Jun 7, 10:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Jun 7, 10:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Jun 8, 3:12 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 63 min |
| Jun 8, 3:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
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.