Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 20, 2013, 2:39 PM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 21, 2013, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 20, 2013, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 21, 2013, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2013, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:39 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 4066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
381 WWUS85 KPUB 202039 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 239 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM FRIDAY THROUGH 8PM FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ220>230-211245- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0020.130621T1600Z-130622T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0028.130621T1600Z-130622T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0021.130622T1600Z-130623T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130621T0200Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 239 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224...225...226... 227...228...229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224...225...226... 227...228...229 AND 230... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FRIDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 4 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID FIRE STARTS. FUELS ARE DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. * HAINES...6. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
4 follow-up statements
040 WWUS85 KPUB 210212 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 812 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR THURSDAY.. ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM FRIDAY THROUGH 8PM FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO... PUEBLO... HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ220>230-211815- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-130621T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.130621T1600Z-130622T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0021.130622T1600Z-130623T0200Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 812 PM MDT THU JUN 20 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224... 225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220... 221...222...223...224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220... 221...222...223...224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 2 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID FIRE STARTS. FUELS ARE DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. * HAINES...6. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
274 WWUS85 KPUB 210955 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 AM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM THROUGH 8 PM TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO... PUEBLO...HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ220>230-220200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.130621T1600Z-130622T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0021.130622T1600Z-130623T0200Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 355 AM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222... 223...224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220... 221...222...223...224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 3 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD. * HAINES...6. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
961 WWUS85 KPUB 212118 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 318 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS THROUGH 8 PM TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM THROUGH 8 PM SATURDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO... PUEBLO...HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223 THROUGH 225...WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS... COZ223>225-221330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0021.130622T1600Z-130623T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0029.130622T1600Z-130623T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0022.130623T1700Z-130624T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130622T0200Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 318 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223...224...225... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223...224...225... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223...224 AND 225... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SATURDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223...224 AND 225. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID NEW FIRE STARTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. * HAINES...6. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ220>222-226>230-221330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0021.130622T1600Z-130623T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0029.130622T1600Z-130623T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130622T0200Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 318 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...226...227...228...229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...226...227...228...229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SATURDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...226... 227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 2 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID NEW FIRE STARTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. * HAINES...6. 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. && $$
379 WWUS85 KPUB 220148 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 748 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR FRIDAY EXPIRES AT 8 PM MDT... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM THROUGH 8 PM SATURDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230... WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO... PUEBLO...HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223 THROUGH 225... WHICH INCLUDES THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS... COZ223>225-221800- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130622T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0029.130622T1600Z-130623T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0022.130623T1700Z-130624T0200Z/ EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- 748 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223...224...225... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY... AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223...224 AND 225... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223...224...225... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 223...224 AND 225. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID NEW FIRE STARTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. * HAINES...6. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ220>222-226>230-221800- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130622T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0029.130622T1600Z-130623T0200Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 748 PM MDT FRI JUN 21 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...226...227... 228...229 AND 230... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...226...227...228...229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...226... 227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 2 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID NEW FIRE STARTS...FUELS ARE VERY DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. * HAINES...6. 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| Jun 19, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 44 min |
| Jun 20, 2:39 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 25 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2013Every red flag warning in 2013
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.