Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 22, 2016, 3:21 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 23, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 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 22, 2016, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 23, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2016, 8:39 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 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, 9.4 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
- 2251 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
473 WWUS85 KPUB 222121 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 321 PM MDT FRI APR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232...233 AND 235...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY...BENT...OTERO...LAS ANIMAS AND PUEBLO COUNTIES... COZ228-230>233-235-231330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0016.160423T1700Z-160424T0100Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- 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- BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- 321 PM MDT FRI APR 22 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232...233 AND 235... 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 SATURDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232... 233 AND 235. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 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 RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
4 follow-up statements
739 WWUS85 KPUB 230953 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 353 AM MDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232...233 AND 235...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY... BENT...OTERO...LAS ANIMAS AND PUEBLO COUNTIES... COZ228-230>233-235-240100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0016.160423T1700Z-160424T0100Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- 353 AM MDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232...233 AND 235... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232... 233 AND 235. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH AT TIMES. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES MAY IGNITE...GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
006 WWUS85 KPUB 232049 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 249 PM MDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232...233 AND 235...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY... BENT...OTERO...LAS ANIMAS AND PUEBLO COUNTIES... COZ228-230>233-235-240100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160424T0100Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- 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- BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- 249 PM MDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES| FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230... 231...232...233 AND 235... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232... 233 AND 235. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 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 RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
602 WWUS85 KPUB 240040 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 640 PM MDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228... 230...231...232...233 AND 235...WHICH INCLUDES CROWLEY... BENT... OTERO...LAS ANIMAS AND PUEBLO COUNTIES... COZ228-230>233-235-240300- /O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160424T0300Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- 640 PM MDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232...233 AND 235... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232... 233 AND 235. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES MAY IGNITE...GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL EXIST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ SR
829 WWUS85 KPUB 240239 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 839 PM MDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELED... COZ228-230>233-235-240345- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160424T0300Z/ PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- 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- BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- 839 PM MDT SAT APR 23 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...230...231...232...233 AND 235... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. HUMIDITY LEVELS HAVE RISEN ABOVE CRITICAL LEVELS. WINDS WILL REMAIN GUSTY FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR TWO. $$
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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.