Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 22, 2016, 3:44 AM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 22, 2016, 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
- Mar 22, 2016, 3:44 AM MDT (09:44 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 22, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 22, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:45 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 96 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
- 3875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
709 WWUS85 KBOU 220944 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 344 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 COZ247-221745- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0009.160322T1800Z-160323T0100Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 344 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247. * TIMING...FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ALONG WITH DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RANGELAND FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AGRICULTURAL BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. IF A FIRE IS STARTED OR ONGOING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO RAPIDLY SPREAD IS HIGH. && $$
2 follow-up statements
325 WWUS85 KBOU 221740 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1140 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 COZ247-230100- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0009.160322T1800Z-160323T0100Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 1140 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER IS CONTINUING A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE LOWER AND MID 70S THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON WHICH WILL CAUSE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO FALL TO THE LOWER TEENS. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247. * TIMING...FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT TODAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID RANGELAND FIRE GROWTH. AGRICULTURAL BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. IF A FIRE IS STARTED OR ONGOING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO RAPIDLY SPREAD IS HIGH. && $$
405 WWUS85 KBOU 230103 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 703 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 COZ247-230215- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160323T0100Z/ SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 703 PM MDT TUE MAR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY... RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL GRADUALLY RECOVER THIS EVENING AS THE WINDS DECREASE AND THE TEMPERATURES COOL DOWN. STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN WEDNESDAY MORNING. A HIGH WIND WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FROM 4 AM MDT TO 6 PM MDT WEDNESDAY AS STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS DEVELOP WITH A PASSAGE OF A STRONG AND FAST MOVING STORM SYSTEM. SUSTAINED NORTH WINDS 35 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH POSSIBLE BY LATE WEDNESDAY MORNING. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 4:48 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Douglas, Gilpin, Grand and 6 more | 37 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:34 PM MDT | Blizzard Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Elbert and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Mar 22, 3:34 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.