Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 34, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 30, 2012, 3:25 PM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 1, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 30, 2012, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 3256 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
736 WWUS85 KPUB 302125 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 325 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1200 MDT UNTIL 2000 MDT SUNDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ226>233-011330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0020.120701T1800Z-120702T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0034.120701T1800Z-120702T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 325 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231...232 AND 233... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229... 230...231...232 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 9 PM MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES. * HAINES...5. * 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 GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES...RECORD HEAT AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ221-234>237-011330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0034.120701T1800Z-120702T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 325 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON TO 9 PM MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES...RECORD HEAT AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
5 follow-up statements
742 WWUS85 KPUB 302322 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 519 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...CORRECTED HEADLINE... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1200 MDT UNTIL 2100 MDT SUNDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ226>233-011545- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0020.120701T1800Z-120702T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0034.120701T1800Z-120702T0300Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 519 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231...232 AND 233... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. THIS UPGRADES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229... 230...231...232 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 9 PM MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES. * HAINES...5. * 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 GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES...RECORD HEAT AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ221-234>237-011545- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0034.120701T1800Z-120702T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 519 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON TO 9 PM MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES 10 TO 15 PERCENT. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES...RECORD HEAT AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
347 WWUS85 KPUB 010357 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 957 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 1200 UNTIL 2100 MDT SUNDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ221-226>237-012000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0034.120701T1800Z-120702T0300Z/ 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-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 957 PM MDT SAT JUN 30 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230... 231...232 AND 233... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 9 PM MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH BEING POSSIBLE AT TIMES. * HAINES...5. * 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 GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES...RECORD HEAT AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
888 WWUS85 KPUB 010932 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 332 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 1200 UNTIL 2100 MDT TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 226 THROUGH 237... WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ221-226>237-020145- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0034.120701T1800Z-120702T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 332 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228... 229...230...231...232 AND 233... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...NOON UNTIL 9 PM MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES WITH ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. * HAINES...5. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES...RECORD HEAT AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
998 WWUS85 KPUB 012104 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 304 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 2100 MDT TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ221-226>237-020300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120702T0300Z/ 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-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 304 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228...229...230...231... 232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...GENERALLY SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...UNTIL 9 PM MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED EVENING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH AT TIMES. * HAINES...5. * 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 GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES INDICES...RECORD HEAT AND VERY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
014 WWUS85 KPUB 020240 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 840 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT... COZ221-226>237-020345- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0034.000000T0000Z-120702T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 840 PM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...228...229...230...231... 232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 3:56 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 13 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.