Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 4, 2016, 2:33 PM MDT for 16 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 5, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. 26 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
- Apr 4, 2016, 2:33 PM MDT (20:33 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 5, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla 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, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 1:54 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 3 Ese Hoehne, CO | ASOS STATION TRINIDAD AIRPORT /TAD/ |
| Apr 5, 4:34 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 55 | 4 S Cheraw, CO | |
| Apr 5, 4:36 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | Lamar, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:00 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 70 | 17 Nw Two Buttes, CO | GOBBLERS KNOB CDOT SENSOR |
| Apr 5, 5:10 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 16 Nw Two Buttes, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:16 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 10 S Holly, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:30 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 7 Se Ellicott, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:32 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 51 | Walsh, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:32 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 2 S Peterson Afb, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:42 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 9 S Springfield, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:44 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 4 Se Stonington, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:45 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 4 Se Stonington, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:47 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 5 Ne Blende, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:48 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 71 | 9 S Springfield, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:49 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 65 | 3 Se Stonington, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 S Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 S Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:54 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 67 | 5 Ne Blende, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:58 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 6 Nne Canon City, CO | |
| Apr 5, 5:59 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 4 Sw Campo, CO | |
| Apr 5, 6:06 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 59 | 2 Nne Florence, CO | FREMONT COUNTY AIRPORT |
| Apr 5, 6:38 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 60 | 2 S Alamosa, CO | |
| Apr 5, 6:40 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 2 Wsw Penrose, CO | CDOT SENSOR |
| Apr 5, 6:48 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 2 S Alamosa, CO | 1/4SM BLDU |
| Apr 5, 6:50 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 5 S Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Apr 5, 7:18 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 61 | 6 Ssw Colorado Springs, CO | CHEYENNE MT |
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, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 2043 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
531 WWUS85 KPUB 042033 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 233 PM MDT MON APR 4 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 AND 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ222-227>237-051245- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0009.160405T1800Z-160406T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0013.160405T1800Z-160406T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY/HOWARD/TEXAS CREEK- 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- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 233 PM MDT MON APR 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY. THIS REPLACES AND UPGRADES THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE HIGH. RAPID IGNITION...GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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 AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ COZ224-051245- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0013.160405T1800Z-160406T0200Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY INCLUDING ALAMOSA/DEL NORTE/FORT GARLAND/SAGUACHE- 233 PM MDT MON APR 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE HIGH. RAPID IGNITION...GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
3 follow-up statements
012 WWUS85 KPUB 051000 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 400 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING...FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 AND 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ222-224-227>237-060200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.160405T1800Z-160406T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY/HOWARD/TEXAS CREEK- SAN LUIS VALLEY INCLUDING ALAMOSA/DEL NORTE/FORT GARLAND/SAGUACHE- 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- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 400 AM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE HIGH. RAPID IGNITION...GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE. 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 AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
059 WWUS85 KPUB 052126 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 326 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM...FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 AND 227 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND MOST OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ222-224-227>237-060200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160406T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY/HOWARD/TEXAS CREEK- SAN LUIS VALLEY INCLUDING ALAMOSA/DEL NORTE/FORT GARLAND/SAGUACHE- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 326 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...227... 228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 GUSTING TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE HIGH. RAPID IGNITION...GROWTH AND SPREAD OF FIRES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
517 WWUS85 KPUB 060156 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 756 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM... COZ222-224-227>237-060300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-160406T0200Z/ FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY/HOWARD/TEXAS CREEK- SAN LUIS VALLEY INCLUDING ALAMOSA/DEL NORTE/FORT GARLAND/SAGUACHE- 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- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 756 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... ALTHOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED ABOVE 15 PERCENT AND WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE OVERNIGHT. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 800 PM. WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THROUGH 1000 PM. $$
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.