Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 16, 2014, 10:55 AM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 17, 2014, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 16, 2014, 10:55 AM MDT (16:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 17, 2014, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 17, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 17, 4:42 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 3 Ese Hoehne, CO | TAD ASOS. |
| Mar 17, 5:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 2 S Peterson Afb, CO | |
| Mar 17, 5:47 PM MDT | DUST STORM | 2 Wnw Rocky Ford, CO | VISIBILITY DOWN TO 1/4 MILE |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 210 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
- 1252 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 82 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 240 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 414 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
628 WWUS85 KPUB 161655 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1055 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 226 THROUGH 237 WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS... COZ222-226>237-170900- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0003.140317T1700Z-140318T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0006.140317T1700Z-140318T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 1055 AM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...PROJECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228...229...230 ...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS...PROJECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
736 WWUS85 KPUB 162101 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE MONDAY MORNING INTO MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 226 THROUGH 237 WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS... COZ222-226>237-171315- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0006.140317T1700Z-140318T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 301 PM MDT SUN MAR 16 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...PROJECTED LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST TO WEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE IF A FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
567 WWUS85 KPUB 170956 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 356 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM TODAY...FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 226 THROUGH 237 WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS... COZ222-226>237-180200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0006.140317T1700Z-140318T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 356 AM MDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... 226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 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. && $$
628 WWUS85 KPUB 172115 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM TODAY...FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222 AND 226 THROUGH 237 WHICH INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY...THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS... COZ222-226>237-180200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140318T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 315 PM MDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228...229...230...231... 232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE IF A FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
148 WWUS85 KPUB 180155 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 755 PM MDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM... COZ222-226>237-180300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-140318T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- CROWLEY COUNTY-OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY-PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 755 PM MDT MON MAR 17 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228...229...230...231... 232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING WITH HUMIDITY VALUES SLOWLY RECOVERING TO ABOVE 15 PERCENT THROUGH 9 PM. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 16, 3:23 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 8 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.