Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Feb 17, 2016, 3:03 PM MST for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM MST. It was in force for 8 hr. 28 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
- Feb 17, 2016, 3:03 PM MST (22:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 18, 2016, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 18, 2016, 7:18 PM MST
- In force
- 8 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 22:02 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 18, 11:39 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 N Walsenburg, CO | |
| Feb 18, 11:58 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 66 | 5 Ese Wetmore, CO | |
| Feb 18, 12:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 6 S Colorado City, CO | APACHE CITY CDOT |
| Feb 18, 12:32 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 75 | 7 Nne Farisita, CO | DW8514 LA VETA |
| Feb 18, 12:43 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 Nne Pueblo West, CO | |
| Feb 18, 12:58 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 87 | 5 Ese Wetmore, CO | |
| Feb 18, 12:58 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 87 | 6 Nne Canon City, CO | |
| Feb 18, 1:29 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 52 | 2 S Canon City, CO | |
| Feb 18, 1:32 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sw Rye, CO | PART OF THE ROOF ON A METAL BARN FOR RV STORAGE COLLAPSED DURING A STRONG WIND GUST THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. TIME IS UNKNOWN. |
| Feb 18, 1:32 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Wsw Rye, CO | PART OF THE ROOF ON A METAL BARN FOR RV STORAGE COLLAPSED DURING A STRONG WIND GUST THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. TIME IS UNKNOWN. |
| Feb 18, 1:32 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 22 S Avondale, CO | PART OF THE ROOF ON A METAL BARN FOR RV STORAGE COLLAPSED DURING A STRONG WIND GUST THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT. TIME IS UNKNOWN. |
| Feb 18, 1:58 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 5 Ese Wetmore, CO | |
| Feb 18, 2:27 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 Sse Beulah, CO | HEALTHY PONDEROSA PINE TREE SNAPPED OFF HALF WAY UP THE TRUNK. TREE ESTIMATE BETWEEN 18 AND 24 INCHES IN DIAMETER. |
| Feb 18, 2:27 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | Beulah, CO | HEALTHY PONDEROSA PINE TREE SNAPPED OFF 20 FT UP THE TRUNK. TREE DIAMETER 24 INCHES. |
| Feb 18, 2:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nnw Walsenburg, CO | SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 18, 2:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Peterson Afb, CO | LARGE HEALTHY PINE TREE BLOWN DOWN |
| Feb 18, 2:30 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 5 Nw Peterson Afb, CO | LARGE HEALTHY PINE TREE BLOWN DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED. |
| Feb 18, 2:39 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 5 N Walsenburg, CO | |
| Feb 18, 2:58 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 77 | 5 Ese Wetmore, CO | |
| Feb 18, 4:12 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 3 Nnw Colorado City, CO | DW2845 COLORADO CITY |
| Feb 18, 4:52 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Canon City, CO | LARGE TREE BLOWN DOWN ONTO HOUSE. |
| Feb 18, 4:57 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 1 Wnw Colorado City, CO | |
| Feb 18, 5:02 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Nnw Colorado City, CO | |
| Feb 18, 5:11 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 5 Ne Blende, CO | |
| Feb 18, 5:13 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Nnw Colorado City, CO | |
| Feb 18, 5:27 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 72 | 3 Nnw Colorado City, CO | D2854 |
| Feb 18, 5:34 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 3 Sw Swissvale, CO | BEKC2 RAWS |
| Feb 18, 6:55 PM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 84 | 4 S Weston, CO |
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, 10.1 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
- 3108 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 68 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 198 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
336 WWUS85 KPUB 172203 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 303 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE ZONES 222...AND 227 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING FREMONT COUNTY AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ222-227>237-181415- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0001.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0001.160218T1800Z-160219T0000Z/ FREMONT 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- 303 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING SI NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237...THIS INCLUDES ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS EXCEPT NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. IT ALSO INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * TIMING...TOMORROW AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE 70S TO LOWER 80S. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. OUTDOOR BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$ HODANISH
5 follow-up statements
917 WWUS85 KPUB 180435 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 935 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 8 PM THURSDAY FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE ZONES 222...AND 227 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING FREMONT COUNTY AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ222-227>237-182045- /O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0001.160218T1800Z-160219T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 935 PM MST WED FEB 17 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MST THURSDAY FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237...THIS INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY AND ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS EXCEPT NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL LIKELY SPREAD RAPIDLY. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING...INCLUDING GRILLING...IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
894 WWUS85 KPUB 181059 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 359 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE ZONES 222...AND 227 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING FREMONT COUNTY AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ222-227>237-190300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.160218T1800Z-160219T0300Z/ FREMONT 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- 359 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237...THIS INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY AND ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS EXCEPT NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING...INCLUDING GRILLING...IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$
651 WWUS85 KPUB 181719 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1019 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE ZONES 222...AND 227 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING FREMONT COUNTY AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ222-227>237-190300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.160218T1800Z-160219T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 1019 AM MST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237...THIS INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY AND ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS EXCEPT NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING...INCLUDING GRILLING...IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
789 WWUS85 KPUB 182159 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR STRONG GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE ZONES 222...AND 227 THROUGH 237...INCLUDING FREMONT COUNTY AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS... COZ222-227>237-190300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160219T0300Z/ FREMONT 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- 259 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237...THIS INCLUDES FREMONT COUNTY AND ALL OF THE EASTERN PLAINS EXCEPT NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 50 MPH AT TIMES. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...ANY FIRES THAT DEVELOP WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. ANY OUTDOOR BURNING...INCLUDING GRILLING...IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED. 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. && $$
387 WWUS85 KPUB 190218 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 718 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES AND GUSTY WINDS ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS AND I-25 CORRIDOR HAS BEEN CANCELLED... COZ222-227>237-190330- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160219T0300Z/ FREMONT COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY- HUERFANO COUNTY-WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-CROWLEY COUNTY- OTERO COUNTY-EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-KIOWA COUNTY-BENT COUNTY- PROWERS COUNTY-BACA COUNTY- 718 PM MST THU FEB 18 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WHILE WINDS REMAIN GUSTY...COOLING TEMPERATURES HAVE ALLOWED RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES TO INCREASE ABOVE 15 PERCENT. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 4:15 AM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 11 hr |
| Feb 17, 2:58 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 37 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.