Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 5, 2012, 3:30 PM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM MST. 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
- Mar 5, 2012, 3:30 PM MST (22:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 6, 2012, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Mar 6, 2012, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 3776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
987 WWUS85 KPUB 052230 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 THROUGH 237... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 226 THROUGH 237... COZ233>237-061430- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0002.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0005.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 330 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 THROUGH 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 THROUGH 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY. IN ADDITION...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD 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. && $$ COZ230>232-061430- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0002.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0005.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- 330 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230 THROUGH 232... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...231 AND 232. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ222-226>229-061430- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0005.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- 330 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227... 228 AND 229... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228 AND 229. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
477 WWUS85 KPUB 052358 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 458 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 226 THROUGH 237... COZ233>237-060800- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120306T0000Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0005.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 458 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233...234... 235...236 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ222-226>232-060800- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0005.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- 458 PM MST MON MAR 5 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226... 227...228...229...230...231 AND 232... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228... 229...230...231 AND 232. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD 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. && $$
167 WWUS85 KPUB 060731 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1231 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 226 THROUGH 237... COZ222-226>237-062345- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0005.120306T1800Z-120307T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 1231 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AT TIMES. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
393 WWUS85 KPUB 061048 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 348 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 226 THROUGH 237... COZ222-226>237-070200- /O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0005.120306T1700Z-120307T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-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- 348 AM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD 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. && $$
737 WWUS85 KPUB 062214 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 314 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT INTO THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...AND 226 THROUGH 237... COZ222-226>237-070200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120307T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 314 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... 226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
807 WWUS85 KPUB 070152 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 652 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING... COZ222-226>237-070300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120307T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-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- 652 PM MST TUE MAR 6 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226... 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING. WINDS HAVE SUBSIDED THIS EVENING WITH OCCASIONAL GUSTS TO NEAR 25 MPH POSSIBLE ACROSS THE PLAINS. HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS TO LOWER TEENS THROUGH MIDNIGHT. $$
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every red flag warning in 2012
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.