Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 9, 2014, 3:55 PM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 10, 2014, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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
- May 9, 2014, 3:55 PM MDT (21:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 10, 2014, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 10, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:57 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 2135 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 191 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
460 WWUS85 KPUB 092155 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 PM MDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR FIRE ZONES 229...230...232...233...235...236 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES A LARGE PART OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ229-230-232-233-235>237-101400- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0021.140510T1900Z-140511T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 355 PM MDT FRI MAY 9 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...232... 233...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...232...233... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
095 WWUS85 KPUB 100943 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 343 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR FIRE ZONES 229... 230...232...233...235...236 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES A LARGE PART OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ229-230-232-233-235>237-110145- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.140510T1900Z-140511T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 343 AM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...232...233...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...232...233... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HODANISH
208 WWUS85 KPUB 102138 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY THROUGH 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE ZONES 229... 230... 232...233...235...236 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES A LARGE PART OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ229-230-232-233-235>237-110200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140511T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 338 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...232...233...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...232...233... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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. && $$
261 WWUS85 KPUB 110150 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 750 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... COZ229-230-232-233-235>237-110300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140511T0200Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 750 PM MDT SAT MAY 10 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...232...233...235...236 AND 237... $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 7:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 22 min |
| May 9, 4:12 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 34 hr |
| May 9, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
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.