Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 30, 2016, 3:47 AM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 30, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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 30, 2016, 3:47 AM MDT (09:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2016, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 3808 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
154 WWUS85 KPUB 300947 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 347 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ233-237-310000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0012.160330T1800Z-160331T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 347 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 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 NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
466 WWUS85 KPUB 301340 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 740 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ233-237-310000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0012.160330T1800Z-160331T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 740 AM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE... AND ANY OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
144 WWUS85 KPUB 302051 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 251 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT THROUGH 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ233-237-310000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 251 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 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. && $$
369 WWUS85 KPUB 310003 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 603 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED... COZ233-237-310115- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0012.000000T0000Z-160331T0000Z/ EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 603 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233 AND 237... HUMIDITY WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. $$
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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.