Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2013
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Nov 15, 2013, 4:20 AM MST for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 15, 2013, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 6 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 15, 2013, 4:20 AM MST (11:20 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 15, 2013, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 15, 2013, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 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, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 2967 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
582 WWUS85 KPUB 151120 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 420 AM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 1100 TO 1700 TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 233...235 THROUGH 237...AND ZONE 222 BELOW 6000 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN FREMONT...SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ227-228-230-232-233-160000- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0027.131115T1800Z-131116T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0039.131115T1800Z-131116T0000Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 420 AM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...230...232 AND 233... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...230...232 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRES TODAY. 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. && $$ COZ222-229-231-235>237-160000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0039.131115T1800Z-131116T0000Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 420 AM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...229...231...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...229...231...235... 236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRES TODAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
2 follow-up statements
791 WWUS85 KPUB 152136 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 236 PM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1700 TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 233...235 THROUGH 237...AND ZONE 222 BELOW 6000 FEET...WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN FREMONT...SOUTHERN EL PASO... PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT... PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ222-227>233-235>237-160000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-131116T0000Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 236 PM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...229...231...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRES TODAY. 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. && $$
827 WWUS85 KPUB 152355 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 455 PM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST... COZ222-227>233-235>237-160100- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-131116T0000Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- BACA COUNTY- 455 PM MST FRI NOV 15 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229...230...231...232 ...233...235...236 AND 237... THE COMBINATION OF PROJECTED SLOWLY DECREASING WINDS AND INCREASING RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALLOW THE RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 15, 2:54 AM MST | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 51 hr |
| Nov 15, 2:33 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 24 hr |
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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.