Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 43, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Nov 10, 2012, 8:44 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 10, 2012, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 7 hr. 2 reports 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
- Nov 10, 2012, 8:44 AM MST (15:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 10, 2012, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2012, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 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
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:44 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 11:59 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 Sw Campo, CO | UTE CANYON RAWS SID UCNC2 |
| Nov 10, 3:51 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | La Junta, CO |
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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 2221 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 263 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
323 WWUS85 KPUB 101544 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 844 AM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND PERSISTENT DROUGHT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REST OF TODAY...THROUGH 1800 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES...226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237...THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO... COZ226>237-110100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0043.121110T1800Z-121111T0100Z/ 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- 844 AM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF A FIRE SHOULD START...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE IMMINENT. ANY GRASS FIRE WILL SPREAD EXTREMELY RAPIDLY. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
564 WWUS85 KPUB 102140 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 240 PM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND PERSISTENT DROUGHT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE REST OF TODAY... THROUGH 1800 LOCAL...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES...226...227...228... 229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237...THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO... COZ226>237-110100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0043.000000T0000Z-121111T0100Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 240 PM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...IF A FIRE SHOULD START...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
058 WWUS85 KPUB 110056 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 556 PM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM... COZ226>237-110200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0043.000000T0000Z-121111T0100Z/ 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- 556 PM MST SAT NOV 10 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... HUMIDITIES HAVE GONE ABOVE 15 PERCENT IN THE AREA AND WILL CONTINUE TO RISE AS THE TEMPERATURES COOL THIS EVENING. WINDS WILL REMAIN ELEVATED WITH WIDESPREAD GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH THROUGH 9 PM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10, 8:39 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more | 6 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.