Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Nov 27, 2012, 3:45 AM MST for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 27, 2012, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 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
- Nov 27, 2012, 3:45 AM MST (10:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 27, 2012, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 27, 2012, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:43 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 254 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
- 863 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 330 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
973 WWUS85 KPUB 271045 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 345 AM MST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND DRY FUELS...HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 225...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY AND RAMPART RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... COZ221-222-225-280000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0046.121127T1600Z-121128T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 345 AM MST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 225... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 225. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS EXPECTED WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
033 WWUS85 KPUB 272118 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 218 PM MST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 225...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY AND RAMPART RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY... COZ221-222-225-280000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-121128T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 218 PM MST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 225... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 225. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IS EXPECTED WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD...IF A FIRE SHOULD START. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
426 WWUS85 KPUB 272338 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 438 PM MST TUE NOV 27 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 225... COZ221-222-225-280045- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0046.000000T0000Z-121128T0000Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 438 PM MST TUE NOV 27 2012 RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 225...WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY AND RAMPART RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...AND THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY $$ HODANISH
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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.