Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 13, 2016, 3:27 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 14, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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 13, 2016, 3:27 PM MDT (21:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 14, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 14, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 2881 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
594 WWUS85 KPUB 132127 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 327 PM MDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ224-141330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0014.161014T1800Z-161015T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0024.161014T1800Z-161015T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0015.161015T1800Z-161016T0100Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY INCLUDING ALAMOSA/DEL NORTE/FORT GARLAND/SAGUACHE- 327 PM MDT THU OCT 13 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... 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 TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD 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...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
3 follow-up statements
772 WWUS85 KPUB 141039 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 439 AM MDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ224-150245- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.161014T1800Z-161015T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0015.161015T1800Z-161016T0100Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY INCLUDING ALAMOSA/DEL NORTE/FORT GARLAND/SAGUACHE- 439 AM MDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ HODANISH
320 WWUS85 KPUB 142053 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 253 PM MDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM NOON TO 7 PM SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM UNTIL 9 PM SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ224-151300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0015.161015T1800Z-161016T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0025.161015T1800Z-161016T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0016.161016T1700Z-161017T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-161015T0100Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY INCLUDING ALAMOSA/DEL NORTE/FORT GARLAND/SAGUACHE- 253 PM MDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... 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 TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR SATURDAY IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH ON SATURDAY. GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ221-222-225>237-151300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0016.161016T1700Z-161017T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE INCLUDING PIKES PEAK AND FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT- FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY/HOWARD/TEXAS CREEK- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE INCLUDING SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS/WET MOUNTAINS/LA VETA PASS- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING MONUMENT AND BLACK FOREST- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 253 PM MDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226...227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226... 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
422 WWUS85 KPUB 150055 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 655 PM MDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222 AND 224 THROUGH 237...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...FREMONT COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAINS AND WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO PLAINS... COZ224-151700- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-161015T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0025.161015T1800Z-161016T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0016.161016T1700Z-161017T0300Z/ SAN LUIS VALLEY INCLUDING ALAMOSA/DEL NORTE/FORT GARLAND/SAGUACHE- 655 PM MDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND AGAIN ON SUNDAY. 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. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$ COZ221-222-225>237-151700- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0016.161016T1700Z-161017T0300Z/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE INCLUDING PIKES PEAK AND FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT- FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY/HOWARD/TEXAS CREEK- SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE INCLUDING SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS/WET MOUNTAINS/LA VETA PASS- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING MONUMENT AND BLACK FOREST- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS-PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO- HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY- OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS- PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 655 PM MDT FRI OCT 14 2016 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...222...225...226... 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH RAPID RATES OF GROWTH AND SPREAD POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE RED FLAG WARNINGS. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 13, 3:27 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Rio Grande, Saguache | 23 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2016Every red flag warning in 2016
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.