Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 27, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 13, 2014, 3:02 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It took effect at Jun 14, 2014, 11:00 AM 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
- Jun 13, 2014, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 14, 2014, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2014, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -497 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
946 WWUS85 KPUB 132102 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 302 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...FOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY... COZ226-227-141315- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0027.140614T1700Z-140615T0000Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 302 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227... 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 TO 6 PM MDT SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE IF A 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
077 WWUS85 KPUB 141014 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 414 AM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...FROM 11 AM UNTIL 6 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY... COZ226-227-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0027.140614T1700Z-140615T0000Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 414 AM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE IF A FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
690 WWUS85 KPUB 142106 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 306 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...UNTIL 6 PM THE EVENING...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY... COZ226-227-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140615T0000Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 306 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE IF A 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. && $$
900 WWUS85 KPUB 142358 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 558 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM... COZ226-227-150100- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140615T0000Z/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- 558 PM MDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227... STILL WINDY BUT HUMIDITIES HAVE COME UP WELL ABOVE CRITERIA WITH RECENT FRONTAL PASSAGE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 6:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 27 min |
| Jun 12, 7:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 20 min |
| Jun 12, 7:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 29 min |
| Jun 13, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 40 min |
| Jun 13, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 52 min |
| Jun 13, 5:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 64 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.