Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 38, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 16, 2012, 3:40 AM MDT for Fremont County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 16, 2012, 1:00 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 16, 2012, 3:40 AM MDT (09:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 16, 2012, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 16, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:42 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 3738 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381 WWUS85 KPUB 160940 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 AM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...FOR THIS AFTERNOON FROM 1300 UNTIL 1900 LOCAL TIME...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222. THIS INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY... COZ222-170100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0038.121016T1900Z-121017T0100Z/ FREMONT COUNTY- 340 AM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH RATES AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
701 WWUS85 KPUB 162052 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 252 PM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...UNTIL 7 PM MDT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...FOR WEDNESDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM MDT...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...231 AND 234. THIS INCLUDES TELLER...EL PASO...CROWLEY AND KIOWA COUNTIES... COZ221-226-227-231-234-171300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0039.121017T1800Z-121018T0100Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY- 252 PM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...231 AND 234... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...231 AND 234. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH RATES AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ222-170100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-121017T0100Z/ FREMONT COUNTY- 252 PM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH RATES AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY 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. && $$
135 WWUS85 KPUB 170104 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 704 PM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR UNTIL 7 PM MDT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222...WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...FOR WEDNESDAY FROM NOON UNTIL 7 PM MDT...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...231 AND 234...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER...EL PASO...CROWLEY AND KIOWA COUNTIES... COZ222-170215- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0038.000000T0000Z-121017T0100Z/ FREMONT COUNTY- 704 PM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222... CONDITIONS HAVE DROPPED BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS. $$ COZ221-226-227-231-234-171715- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0039.121017T1800Z-121018T0100Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY- 704 PM MDT TUE OCT 16 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...231 AND 234... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226...227...231 AND 234. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH RATES AND ERRATIC FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 16, 2:52 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Bent, Conejos, Costilla, Crowley, El Paso and 8 more | 28 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.