Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 1, 2014, 3:14 PM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 2, 2014, 11:00 AM MDT. 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
- Apr 1, 2014, 3:14 PM MDT (21:14 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 2, 2014, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 2, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 1801 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
996 WWUS85 KPUB 012114 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 314 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS UNTIL 2000 MDT TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FROM 1100 UNTIL 2000 ON WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 233 AND ZONE 237...WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO...HUERFANO...CROWLEY...OTERO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ229-230-233-237-021315- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0007.140402T1700Z-140403T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0013.140402T1700Z-140403T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140402T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 314 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ COZ228-231-232-021315- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0013.140402T1700Z-140403T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140402T0200Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- 314 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...231...AND 232... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...231 AND 232... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...231 AND 232. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ COZ222-224>227-234>236-020200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140402T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY- BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 314 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...226...227...234...235...AND 236... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225...226... 227...234...235 AND 236. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
285 WWUS85 KPUB 020134 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 734 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 2000 MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAINS...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FROM 1100 UNTIL 2000 ON WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 233 AND ZONE 237...WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO... HUERFANO...CROWLEY...OTERO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ228>233-237-021745- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140402T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.140402T1700Z-140403T0200Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 734 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231...232...233 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230... 231...232...233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231... 232...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ COZ222-224>227-234>236-020245- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-140402T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY- BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 734 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...225... 226...227...234...235 AND 236... $$
314 WWUS85 KPUB 020208 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 808 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FROM 1100 UNTIL 2000 ON WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 233 AND ZONE 237...WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO... HUERFANO...CROWLEY...OTERO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ228>233-237-021815- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.140402T1700Z-140403T0200Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 808 PM MDT TUE APR 1 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231...232...233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231... 232...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
029 WWUS85 KPUB 021021 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 421 AM MDT WED APR 2 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FROM 1100 UNTIL 2000 ON WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 233 AND ZONE 237...WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO...HUERFANO...CROWLEY...OTERO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ228>233-237-030200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.140402T1700Z-140403T0200Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 421 AM MDT WED APR 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230... 231...232...233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231... 232...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$
459 WWUS85 KPUB 022103 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 303 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS UNTIL 2000 ON WEDNESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228 THROUGH 233 AND ZONE 237...WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO...HUERFANO...CROWLEY...OTERO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ228>233-237-030200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140403T0200Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 303 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231...232...233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230...231... 232...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD CAN BE EXPECTED WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
378 WWUS85 KPUB 030151 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 751 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT... COZ228>233-237-030300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140403T0200Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 751 PM MDT WED APR 2 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229...230... 231...232...233 AND 237... SURFACE WINDS ARE DIMINISHING AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO RISE THIS EVENING...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 1, 4:37 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Huerfano, Las Animas | 11 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.