Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 4, 2016, 8:48 AM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 4, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Oct 4, 2016, 8:48 AM MDT (14:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 4, 2016, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:45 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, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 2584 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
696 WWUS85 KPUB 041448 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 848 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227 AND 228... COZ222-227-228-050100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0023.161004T1700Z-161005T0100Z/ FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY/HOWARD/TEXAS CREEK- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- 848 AM MDT TUE OCT 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227 AND 228...WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO...FREMONT AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE RED FLAG CONDITIONS IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL OCCUR MAINLY ALONG THE EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTY LINE. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227 AND 228. * WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. 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. && $$ HODANISH
2 follow-up statements
912 WWUS85 KPUB 042048 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 248 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... 227 AND 228... COZ222-227-228-050100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161005T0100Z/ FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY/HOWARD/TEXAS CREEK- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- 248 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227 AND 228... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227 AND 228. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...11 AM THIS MORNING THROUGH 7 PM THIS EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOWER 60S. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$ HODANISH
433 WWUS85 KPUB 050047 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 647 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 7 PM MDT... COZ222-227-228-050200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-161005T0100Z/ FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY/HOWARD/TEXAS CREEK- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- 647 PM MDT TUE OCT 4 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...227 AND 228... WINDS HAVE DECREASED BELOW CRITICAL LEVELS...AND SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 3:40 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | PUB | El Paso, Kiowa, Prowers | 9 hr |
| Oct 4, 12:36 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | PUB | Bent, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Prowers | 19 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.