Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 37, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 3, 2012, 4:11 AM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 3, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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
- Oct 3, 2012, 4:11 AM MDT (10:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 3, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 3, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 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, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:15 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 291 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
- 4297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 159 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
394 WWUS85 KPUB 031011 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 411 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON FROM 1200 UNTIL 1800 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER 221 THROUGH 230. THIS INCLUDES THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANON AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ221>230-040000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0037.121003T1800Z-121004T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 411 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...223...224...225...226...227...228... 229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY FUELS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...223...224... 225...226...227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15% * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF A FIRE WERE TO 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
134 WWUS85 KPUB 031632 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1031 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON FROM 1200 UNTIL 1800 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER 221 THROUGH 230. THIS INCLUDES THE SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN MOUNTAINS...TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ221>230-040000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0037.121003T1800Z-121004T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 1031 AM MDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...223...224...225...226...227...228... 229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY FUELS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...223...224... 225...226...227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS...AND WEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15% * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF A FIRE WERE TO START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
871 WWUS85 KPUB 032051 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 251 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 THROUGH 230. THIS INCLUDES THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...TELLER...FREMONT...EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ221>230-040000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-121004T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 251 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...223...224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...223...224... 225...226...227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE SPREAD WOULD BE POSSIBLE IF A FIRE WERE TO 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. && $$
306 WWUS85 KPUB 032354 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 554 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM... COZ221>230-040100- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0037.000000T0000Z-121004T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 554 PM MDT WED OCT 3 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR LOW HUMIDITY...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...223...224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... A COLD FRONT MOVING TOWARDS THE PALMER DIVIDE AT THIS TIME WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTH AND EAST ACROSS ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS. ALTHOUGH GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL BE EXPERIENCED BEHIND THIS FRONT...TEMPERATURES WILL RAPIDLY DECREASE ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY RAPIDLY INCREASING...ALLOWING FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 3:03 PM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Otero, Pueblo | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.