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Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 26, 201217 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 26, 2012, 3:26 PM MDT for 17 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 27, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 11 hr. 1 report 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
Jun 26, 2012, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 27, 2012, 10:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jun 27, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
11 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Bent County, CO, Conejos 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, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 27, 4:20 PM MDTTSTM WND DMG3 Wnw Swink, COTHREE POWER POLES DOWNED...RESULTING IN GRASS FIRE. NEAR US50 MILE MARKERS 371...372.

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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 245 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2012-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4991 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

517 
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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
326 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY
WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL
9 PM MDT...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222 AND 223. THIS
INCLUDES THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...LAKE...
CHAFFEE AND FREMONT COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY
WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9
PM MDT...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 226 THROUGH 233. THIS
INCLUDES TELLER...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY
AND OTERO COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES 
INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT WEDNESDAY 
UNTIL 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND FIRE 
WEATHER ZONES 224 THROUGH 233. THIS INCLUDES TELLER...EL 
PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO AND FREMONT 
COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO 
MOUNTAINS...

COZ221-226>233-271330-
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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART 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-
326 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR DRY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES 
INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...
227...228...229...230...231...232 AND 233...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND
EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228...
229...230...231...232 AND 233...

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 WEDNESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228... 
  229...230...231...232 AND 233.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED GUSTS UP
  TO 35 MPH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. FROM LATE WEDNESDAY
  MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 5 TO 15
  MPH...WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. THEN FROM LATE
  WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING...WINDS SHIFTING TO
  THE NORTH AT AROUND 5 TO 15 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
  EVENING...ESPECIALLY AFTER 3 PM MDT TODAY. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS
  ...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MEASURABLE RAIN POSSIBLY DEVELOPING BY
  LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.

* OUTFLOW DRY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...SOUTHWEST AND ERRATIC...CAPABLE
  OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY AFTER 3 PM MDT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
  BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES OF FIRE
  GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN
  ADDITION... LIGHTNING MAY ALSO CAUSE FIRE STARTS UNDER DRY
  THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

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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FREMONT COUNTY-
326 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR DRY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...
HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222...  

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND
EXISTING 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 EXISTING DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM
MDT WEDNESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 25 MPH. 

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY THIS AFTERNOON.

* OUTFLOW DRY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC...WITH
  LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO 
  CAUSE FIRE STARTS UNDER DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ224-225-271330-
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SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
326 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES 
AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224 AND 225...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES
INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 
10 AM TO 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224 AND 225.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO
  30 MPH AT TIMES.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD 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.

&&

$$

COZ220-223-270300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120627T0300Z/
UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS-
326 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR DRY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES 
INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 223...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 223.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS. 

* OUTFLOW WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC...WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS
  AROUND 45 MPH POSSIBLE AT TIMES.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT.

* HAINES...5.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO 
  CAUSE FIRE STARTS UNDER DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. 

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.

&&

$$
7 follow-up statements
113 
WWUS85 KPUB 270257
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
857 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY
WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 
11 PM MDT...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 226 THROUGH 233. THIS
INCLUDES TELLER...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY
AND OTERO COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES
INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT WEDNESDAY
UNTIL 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 222 AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224 THROUGH 233. THIS INCLUDES TELLER...EL
PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY... OTERO AND
FREMONT COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SANGRE 
DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...

COZ222-271900-
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FREMONT COUNTY-
857 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 222...

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES
INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY
  AFTERNOON.

* OUTFLOW DRY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC...WITH
  LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE
  WITH ANY FIRES. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO CAUSE FIRE
  STARTS UNDER DRY THUNDERSTORMS.

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.

&&

$$

COZ220-223-270400-
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UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-
EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS-
857 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES
INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND
223...

WEATHER CONDITIONS SUPPORTING RED FLAG CRITERIA ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED.

$$

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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART 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-
857 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR DRY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
221...226...227...228...229...230...231...232 AND 233...

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228...229...230...231...232 AND
233...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228... 
  229...230...231...232 AND 233.

* WINDS...GUSTY NORTH TO NORTHWEST OUTFLOW WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO
  EFFECT THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING.
  FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON SOUTHWEST
  TO WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO
  30 MPH. THEN FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY
  EVENING...WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 TO 25 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS DIMINISHING LATE THIS
  EVENING. ALSO... THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE ...OF PRODUCING MEASURABLE
  RAIN POSSIBLY DEVELOPING BY LATE AFTERNOON WEDNESDAY.

* OUTFLOW DRY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY AFTER 3 PM MDT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS 
  WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES 
  OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN 
  ADDITION... LIGHTNING MAY ALSO CAUSE FIRE STARTS UNDER DRY 
  THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ224-225-271900-
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SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
857 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES
INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224 AND
225...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224 AND 225.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS UP TO 
  30 MPH AT TIMES. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD 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.

&&

$$
977 
WWUS85 KPUB 270455
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1055 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY
WINDS...HIGH HAINES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM
MDT...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 226 THROUGH 233. THIS INCLUDES
TELLER...EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND
OTERO COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10
AM MDT WEDNESDAY UNTIL 9 PM MDT WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
221... 222 AND FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224 THROUGH 233. THIS INCLUDES
TELLER...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO
AND FREMONT COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SANGRE
DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...

COZ221-226>233-272100-
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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART 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-
1055 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228...229...230...231...232 AND
233...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY
LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES
INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...
227...228...229...230...231...232 AND 233...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228... 
  229...230...231...232 AND 233.

* WINDS...FROM LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING INTO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
  SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH...WITH LOCALIZED WIND
  GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. THEN FROM LATE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO
  WEDNESDAY EVENING...WINDS SHIFTING TO THE NORTH AT AROUND 15 TO
  25 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 45
  MPH ALONG WITH SOME MEASURABLE RAIN DEVELOPING BY LATE AFTERNOON
  WEDNESDAY.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS WILL
  BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES OF FIRE
  GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN
  ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS.

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.

&&

$$

COZ222-224-225-272100-
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FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
1055 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY FOR DRY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 222...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 AND 225.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY 
  AFTERNOON. 

* OUTFLOW DRY THUNDERSTORM WINDS...STRONG AND ERRATIC...WITH 
  LOCALIZED WIND GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH AT TIMES. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO 
  CAUSE FIRE STARTS UNDER DRY THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$
530 
WWUS85 KPUB 270948
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
348 AM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
MDT UNTIL 6 PM MDT TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND
227. THIS INCLUDES TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM
MDT UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER FIRE WEATHER ZONES
222...224...225...228...229...230...231...232 AND 233...WHICH
INCLUDES PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...FREMONT...CROWLEY AND
OTERO COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS...

COZ221-226-227-280000-
/O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0033.120627T1600Z-120628T0000Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
348 AM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH 
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WILL DEVELOP AFTER 1200...AND MAY PRODUCE GUSTY
  AND ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.

* HAINES...5.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS 
  WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES 
  OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN 
  ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ222-224-225-228>233-280200-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.120627T1600Z-120628T0300Z/
FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-PUEBLO COUNTY-
HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-
OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
348 AM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH 
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222...224
...225...228...229...230...231...232 AND 233.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...228... 
  229...230...231...232 AND 233.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE AFTERNOON.
  STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW WINDS...GUSTING
  TO 45 MPH AT TIMES.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT.

* HAINES...5.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO 
  CAUSE FIRE STARTS UNDER DRY THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$
766 
WWUS85 KPUB 271542
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
942 AM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6
PM MDT TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 222 AND 227. THIS
INCLUDES TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM MDT UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 222...224...225...228...229...230...231...232...233...
234....235 AND 236 WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS
ANIMAS...FREMONT...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT AND PROWERS
COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS...

COZ234>236-280300-
/O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0033.120627T1600Z-120628T0300Z/
KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-
942 AM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING 
DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235 AND 236...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235 AND 236.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10%

* TEMPERATURES...100 TO 105.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD 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.

&&

$$

COZ222-224-225-228>233-280300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.120627T1600Z-120628T0300Z/
FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-PUEBLO COUNTY-
HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-
OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-
942 AM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING 
DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...
225...228...229...230...231...232 AND 233...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...228... 
  229...230...231...232 AND 233.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE 
  AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW 
  WINDS...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO 
  CAUSE FIRE STARTS UNDER DRY THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ221-226-227-280000-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.120627T1600Z-120628T0000Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
942 AM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING 
DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND
227...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS...WILL DEVELOP AFTER 1200...AND MAY PRODUCE 
  GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.

* HAINES...5.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS 
  WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES 
  OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN 
  ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. 

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.

&&

$$

HODANISH
946 
WWUS85 KPUB 272108
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
308 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL
6 PM MDT TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 222 AND 227. THIS
INCLUDES TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM
10 AM MDT UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 222...224...225...228...229...230...231...232...233...
234....235 AND 236 WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS
ANIMAS...FREMONT...CROWLEY...OTERO...KIOWA...BENT AND PROWERS
COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO
MOUNTAINS...

COZ222-224-225-228>236-280300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120628T0300Z/
FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-PUEBLO COUNTY-
HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-
OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-
PROWERS COUNTY-
308 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING
DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...228... 
229...230...231...232...233...234...235 AND 236.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...228... 
  229...230...231...232...233...234...235 AND 236.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE 
  AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW 
  WINDS...GUSTING TO 45 MPH AT TIMES. 

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO 
  CAUSE FIRE STARTS UNDER DRY THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$

COZ221-226-227-280000-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120628T0000Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
308 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING
DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY AND ERRATIC WINDS UP TO 50 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT.

* HAINES...5.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINING WITH HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS 
  WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING EXTREME FIRE DANGER. RAPID RATES 
  OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN 
  ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO CAUSE ADDITIONAL FIRE STARTS. 

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.

&&

$$

HODANISH
052 
WWUS85 KPUB 272349
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
549 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT
TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221... 222 AND 227. THIS INCLUDES
TELLER AND EL PASO COUNTIES...

...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH
HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR 
FIRE WEATHER FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...228...
229...230...231...232...HICH INCLUDES PUEBLO...HUERFANO...
FREMONT...CROWLEY...OTERO COUNTIES AS WELL AS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY
AND THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...

...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY
WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 233..234...235 AND 236...WHICH INCLUDE
KIOWA....BENT...PROWERS AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES.

COZ222-224-225-228>232-280100-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120628T0300Z/
FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-PUEBLO COUNTY-
HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-
OTERO COUNTY-
549 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...
224...225...228...229...230...231 AND 232...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING.

$$

COZ221-226-227-280100-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120628T0000Z/
TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
549 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG
WARNING.

$$

COZ233>236-280300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120628T0300Z/
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-
549 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233...234...235 AND 236...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233...234...235 AND 236.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. WINDS
  WILL GUST FROM THE WEST-NORTHWEST AT 45 MPH AFTER A FRONT GOES
  BY THIS EVENING. 

* THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE
  AFTERNOON. STORMS WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND ERRATIC OUTFLOW
  WINDS...GUSTING TO 55 MPH AT TIMES.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT.

* HAINES...6.

* IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. IN ADDITION...LIGHTNING MAY ALSO 
  CAUSE FIRE STARTS UNDER DRY THUNDERSTORMS. 

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.

&&

$$
483 
WWUS85 KPUB 280256
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
856 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 9 PM MDT...

COZ233>236-280400-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-120628T0300Z/
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-
856 PM MDT WED JUN 27 2012

...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 233...234...235 AND 236...


$$

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