Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Grand Junction, CO
NWS Grand Junction, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 14, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 15, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 3 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
- Jun 14, 2013, 3:00 PM MDT (21:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 15, 2013, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Junction, CO
Counties Delta County, CO, Dolores County, CO, Garfield County, CO, Gunnison County, CO, Hinsdale County, CO, La Plata County, CO, Mesa County, CO, Montezuma County, CO, Montrose County, CO, Ouray County, CO, San Miguel County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 2:15 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 45 | 3 E Rifle, CO | |
| Jun 15, 5:15 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 47 | 2 Nnw Montrose, CO | |
| Jun 15, 5:47 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 54 | 2 Wsw Oxford, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 5073 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
404 WWUS85 KGJT 142100 RFWGJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 300 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 9000 FEET... .ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING VALLEYS. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WHICH WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MOST OF THESE STORMS WILL END WITH SUNSET. COZ207-150900- /O.NEW.KGJT.FW.W.0021.130615T1800Z-130616T0200Z/ DURANGO FORECAST AREA- 300 PM MDT FRI JUN 14 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 9000 FEET... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS... WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA BELOW 9000 FEET. * THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS WILL FORM IN THE AFTERNOON...MANY OF THEM DRY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON ANY WILDFIRES OR PRESCRIBED BURNS AND AGRICULTURAL BURNS IS POSSIBLE. OPEN BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT
4 follow-up statements
778 WWUS85 KGJT 150716 RFWGJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 116 AM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 9000 FEET... .THIS AFTERNOON...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND ADJOINING VALLEYS. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE DRY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS WHICH WILL PRODUCE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. MOST OF THESE STORMS WILL END WITH SUNSET. COZ207-151930- /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0021.130615T1800Z-130616T0200Z/ DURANGO FORECAST AREA- 116 AM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 9000 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA. * THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS WILL FORM IN THE AFTERNOON...MANY OF THEM DRY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON ANY WILDFIRES OR PRESCRIBED BURNS AND AGRICULTURAL BURNS IS POSSIBLE. OPEN BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)
539
WWUS85 KGJT 150907
RFWGJT
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
307 AM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013
COZ203-290>293-152200-
/O.EXA.KGJT.FW.W.0021.130615T1800Z-130616T0200Z/
GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA-
NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA-NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA-
GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA-
307 AM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 203 BELOW 6500 FEET...290...291 BELOW 9500 FEET...292
AND 293 BELOW 10500 FEET...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS ISSUED A RED
FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...
WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...
IN COLORADO...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292 NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA AND
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 293 GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA.
* THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS WILL FORM IN THE
AFTERNOON...MANY OF THEM DRY.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON ANY WILDFIRES OR PRESCRIBED
BURNS AND AGRICULTURAL BURNS IS POSSIBLE. OPEN BURNING IS NOT
RECOMMENDED.
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 CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD
PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
&&
$$
COZ207-152200-
/O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0021.130615T1800Z-130616T0200Z/
DURANGO FORECAST AREA-
307 AM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND
DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 BELOW 9000 FEET...
* AFFECTED AREA...
IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA.
* THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS WILL FORM IN THE
AFTERNOON...MANY OF THEM DRY.
* OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM
WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH.
* IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON ANY WILDFIRES OR PRESCRIBED
BURNS AND AGRICULTURAL BURNS IS POSSIBLE. OPEN BURNING IS NOT
RECOMMENDED.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD
PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.
&&
$$
FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT...
HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)893 WWUS85 KGJT 152147 RFWGJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 347 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013 COZ203-207-290>293-160200- /O.CON.KGJT.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130616T0200Z/ GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-DURANGO FORECAST AREA- PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA-NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA- NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA-GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA- 347 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203 BELOW 6500 FEET...290...291 BELOW 9500 FEET...292 AND 293 BELOW 10500 FEET... * AFFECTED AREA...IN COLORADO...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 203 GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 207 DURANGO FORECAST AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 290 PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 291 NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 292 NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA AND FIRE WEATHER ZONE 293 GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA. * THUNDERSTORMS...WIDELY SCATTERED STORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON...MANY OF THEM DRY. * OUTFLOW WINDS...ERRATIC WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...RAPID FIRE GROWTH ON ANY WILDFIRES OR PRESCRIBED BURNS AND AGRICULTURAL BURNS IS POSSIBLE. OPEN BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND AFFECTED FIELD PERSONNEL OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT
797 WWUS85 KGJT 160204 RFWGJT URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 804 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013 COZ203-207-290>293-160315- /O.EXP.KGJT.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130616T0200Z/ GRAND JUNCTION FORECAST AREA-DURANGO FORECAST AREA- PARADOX VALLEY FORECAST AREA-NORTHERN SAN JUAN FORECAST AREA- NORTH FORK FORECAST AREA-GUNNISON BASIN FORECAST AREA- 804 PM MDT SAT JUN 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 203...207...290...291... 292 AND 293... THE THREAT OF DRY THUNDERSTORMS HAS DECREASED WITH ONLY ISOLATED STORMS POSSIBLE FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. AS A RESULT...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM. $$ FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE VISIT... HTTP://WEATHER.GOV/GJT (ALL LOWER CASE)
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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.