Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 31, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 29, 2014, 4:07 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 29, 2014, 12:00 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
- Jun 29, 2014, 4:07 AM MDT (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 29, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2014, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Lake County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 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 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 3354 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
392 WWUS85 KPUB 291007 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 407 AM MDT SUN JUN 29 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT TODAY FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT...FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES LAKE...CHAFFEE...FREMONT AND TELLER COUNTIES... COZ220>222-300100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0031.140629T1800Z-140630T0100Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY- 407 AM MDT SUN JUN 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221 AND 222... 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 TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221 AND 222. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
072 WWUS85 KPUB 292100 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 300 PM MDT SUN JUN 29 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING...FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES LAKE...CHAFFEE...FREMONT AND TELLER COUNTIES... COZ220>222-300100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140630T0100Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY- 300 PM MDT SUN JUN 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221 AND 222... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221 AND 222. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE IF A FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
882 WWUS85 KPUB 300058 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 658 PM MDT SUN JUN 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221 AND 222...WHICH INCLUDES LAKE...CHAFFEE ...FREMONT AND TELLER COUNTIES... COZ220>222-300200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0031.000000T0000Z-140630T0100Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY- 658 PM MDT SUN JUN 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221 AND 222... WINDS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE PROJECTED TO BECOME LESS FAVORABLE TONIGHT FOR AGGRESSIVE FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR...THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 26 min |
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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.