Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2016, 3:02 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 15, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 14, 2016, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 15, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2016, 2:17 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:06 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, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 2505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
337 WWUS85 KPUB 142102 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 302 PM MDT THU APR 14 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING...FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 THROUGH 235...WHICH INCLUDES... SOUTHERN EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY...KIOWA...OTERO...AND BENT COUNTIES... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY...FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...AND 233...WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN HUERFANO...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ229-230-233-151315- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0015.160415T1700Z-160416T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160415T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- 302 PM MDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 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 7 PM MDT FRIDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 30 MPH THIS EVENING. SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ON FRIDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ COZ227-228-231-232-234-235-150100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160415T0100Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- 302 PM MDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...231...232...234 AND 235... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...231...232... 234 AND 235. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. OUTDOOR BURNING SHOULD BE AVOIDED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
3 follow-up statements
984 WWUS85 KPUB 150058 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 658 PM MDT THU APR 14 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...AND 233...WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN HUERFANO...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT... COZ229-230-233-151700- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160415T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0015.160415T1700Z-160416T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- 658 PM MDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229... 230 AND 233... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$ COZ227-228-231-232-234-235-150200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160415T0100Z/ SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- 658 PM MDT THU APR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...231... 232...234 AND 235... RELATIVE HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE CLIMBED BACK ABOVE 15 PERCENT AT MOST LOCATIONS...AND WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH THROUGH THE EVENING. $$
784 WWUS85 KPUB 150935 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 335 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...AND 233...WHICH INCLUDES EASTERN HUERFANO...AND CENTRAL AND EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... COZ229-230-233-160100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0015.160415T1700Z-160416T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- 335 AM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM MDT TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 GUSTING TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES MAY IGNITE...GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL EXIST. 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 HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
856 WWUS85 KPUB 152017 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 217 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING CANCELLED... COZ229-230-233-152130- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160416T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- 217 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. GUSTY WINDS CONTINUE...BUT HUMIDITY WILL STAY ABOVE RED FLAG CRITERIA AS SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE AREA. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 5:03 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:27 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 14, 11:27 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 64 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.