Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 12, 2012, 9:52 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 13, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. 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
- Mar 12, 2012, 9:52 AM MDT (15:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 13, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 13, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 3076 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
948 WWUS85 KPUB 121553 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 952 AM MDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234 THROUGH 237... COZ234>237-130800- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0003.120313T1800Z-120314T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0006.120313T1800Z-120314T0200Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 952 AM MDT MON MAR 12 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * HAINES...5. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
753 WWUS85 KPUB 130641 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1241 AM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234 THROUGH 237... COZ234>237-132245- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0006.120313T1800Z-120314T0200Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 1241 AM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235... 236 AND 237... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH AT TIMES. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * HAINES...5. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
354 WWUS85 KPUB 130915 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 AM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234 THROUGH 237... COZ234>237-140200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0006.120313T1800Z-120314T0200Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 315 AM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234 THROUGH 237... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * HAINES...5. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
981 WWUS85 KPUB 132114 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 314 PM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234 THROUGH 237... COZ234>237-140200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120314T0200Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 314 PM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234 THROUGH 237... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * HAINES...5. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES WILL CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
289 WWUS85 KPUB 140149 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 749 PM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM THIS EVENING... COZ234>237-140300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-120314T0200Z/ KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 749 PM MDT TUE MAR 13 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235...236 AND 237... WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO BELOW 15 MPH ACROSS THE WARNING AREA...WITH HUMIDITY FORECAST TO SLOWLY INCREASE TO ABOVE 15 PERCENT BY LATE THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 12, 4:12 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.