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Fire Weather Watch 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this fire weather watch at Dec 14, 2016, 3:00 PM MST for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Dec 16, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 14, 2016, 3:00 PM MST (22:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 15, 2016, 8:57 AM MST
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 1748 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 112 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 481 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
220 WWUS85 KPUB 142200 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 300 PM MST WED DEC 14 2016 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 233...235 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ227>233-235-237-151400- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0021.161216T1800Z-161217T0100Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 300 PM MST WED DEC 14 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 235 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...235 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 19 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
2 follow-up statements
533 WWUS85 KPUB 151121 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 421 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 233...235 AND 237... WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ227>233-235-237-160330- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0021.161216T1800Z-161217T0100Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 421 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231... 232...233...235 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...235 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 21 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
579 WWUS85 KPUB 151557 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 857 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 233...235 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...OTERO...BENT AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ227>233-235-237-160800- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0021.161216T1800Z-161217T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0033.161216T1800Z-161217T0100Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 857 AM MST THU DEC 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...235 AND 237... 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 MST FRIDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...235 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...15 TO 20 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY 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. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 13, 6:31 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 29 hr |
| Dec 14, 3:07 PM MST | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache | 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.