Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Feb 24, 2014, 3:57 AM MST for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It took effect at Feb 24, 2014, 10:00 AM MST. 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
- Feb 24, 2014, 3:57 AM MST (10:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 24, 2014, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 24, 2014, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 263 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
- 1959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 329 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
875 WWUS85 KPUB 241057 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 357 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230 WHICH INCLUDES...PUEBLO...HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ228>230-250000- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0002.140224T1700Z-140225T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0004.140224T1700Z-140225T0000Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 357 AM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
601 WWUS85 KPUB 242155 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...THROUGH 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230 WHICH INCLUDES...PUEBLO...HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ228>230-250000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140225T0000Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 255 PM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE IF A FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
996 WWUS85 KPUB 242350 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 450 PM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON... COZ228>230-250100- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140225T0000Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 450 PM MST MON FEB 24 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230... A COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE AREA WILL RESULT IN HIGHER RELATIVE HUMIDITY THIS EVENING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 24, 3:57 AM MST | Blowing Dust Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 13 hr |
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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.