Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 28, 2016, 9:40 AM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 29, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 28, 2016, 9:40 AM MDT (15:40 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 29, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 29, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:38 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 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 2394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
198 WWUS85 KPUB 281540 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 940 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM THROUGH 8 PM TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ234>237-290745- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0008.160329T1800Z-160330T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0011.160329T1700Z-160330T0200Z/ KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 940 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235...236 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 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE... AND ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$ COZ231>233-290745- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0011.160329T1700Z-160330T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- 940 AM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232 AND 233... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE... AND ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
4 follow-up statements
431 WWUS85 KPUB 282110 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 310 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 8 PM TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY... OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ231>237-291315- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0011.160329T1700Z-160330T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 310 PM MDT MON MAR 28 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231... 232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH-SOUTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE... AND ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$
314 WWUS85 KPUB 290957 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 357 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THROUGH 8 PM TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS... FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY... OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ231>237-300200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0011.160329T1700Z-160330T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 357 AM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE... AND ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
075 WWUS85 KPUB 292049 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 249 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY...OTERO...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...KIOWA...BENT...PROWERS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ231>237-300200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160330T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 249 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTH 25 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE... AND ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. 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. && $$
089 WWUS85 KPUB 300159 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 759 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...RED FLAG CONDITIONS SUBSIDING FOR THE NIGHT... COZ231>237-300300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0011.000000T0000Z-160330T0200Z/ CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 759 PM MDT TUE MAR 29 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... ALTHOUGH IT WILL REMAIN WINDY AT TIMES THROUGH THIS EVENING...HUMIDITIES HAVE RISEN ABOVE RED FLAG LEVELS. CONSEQUENTLY...THE RED FLAG WARNING THAT HAS BEEN IN EFFECT WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT. WITH THE CONTINUED WINDY CONDITIONS...CAUTION IS STILL ADVISED AGAINST ANY OUTDOOR BURNING THIS EVENING. $$
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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.