Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 19, 2014, 3:11 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 20, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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 19, 2014, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 20, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 20, 2014, 8:04 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 296 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
- 4557 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
076 WWUS85 KPUB 192111 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 311 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM THIS EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224 AND 226 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR FROM MONUMENT HILL TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER AND THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ224-230-233-237-201315- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0014.140520T1800Z-140521T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0024.140520T1800Z-140521T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140520T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 311 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230... 233 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH TODAY. ON TUESDAY...WEST-SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 T0 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 3 PERCENT TODAY...5 TO 10 PERCENT ON TUESDAY. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ COZ226>229-231-232-234>236-200200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140520T0200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY- BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 311 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...231...232...234...235 AND 236... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229... 231...232...234...235 AND 236. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 3 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
4 follow-up statements
185 WWUS85 KPUB 200149 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 749 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ224-230-233-237-201800- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140520T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.140520T1800Z-140521T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 749 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 3 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ COZ226>229-231-232-234>236-200300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140520T0200Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY- BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY- 749 PM MDT MON MAY 19 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...231...232...234...235 AND 236... THE WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND ARE NO LONGER MEETING RED FLAG CRITERIA. $$
146 WWUS85 KPUB 201005 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 405 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230 AND 233...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... COZ224-230-233-210215- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0015.140521T1800Z-140522T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.140520T1800Z-140521T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 405 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230 AND 233... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230 AND 233... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR TODAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ237-210215- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.140520T1800Z-140521T0300Z/ BACA COUNTY- 405 AM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 4 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
863 WWUS85 KPUB 202123 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 323 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 224...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ230-233-210300- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0015.140521T1800Z-140522T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140521T0300Z/ WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 323 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230 AND 233... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230 AND 233 HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$ COZ224-211330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0015.140521T1800Z-140522T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0025.140521T1800Z-140522T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140521T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 323 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH THIS EVENING AND AGAIN DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ COZ237-210300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140521T0300Z/ BACA COUNTY- 323 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE 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. && $$
088 WWUS85 KPUB 210204 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 804 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM WEDNESDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ224-211815- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140521T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0025.140521T1800Z-140522T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY- 804 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH ON WEDNESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ COZ230-233-237-210315- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140521T0300Z/ WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 804 PM MDT TUE MAY 20 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...233 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 3:54 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Conejos, Costilla, Las Animas, Rio Grande and 1 more | 11 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2014Every red flag warning in 2014
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.