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Red Flag Warning 30, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 30, 2016, 2:52 PM MDT for Baca County, Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 31, 2016, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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 30, 2016, 2:52 PM MDT (20:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 31, 2016, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 31, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
043 WWUS85 KPUB 302052 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 252 PM MDT SUN OCT 30 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MONDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ229-230-233-237-311300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0018.161031T1600Z-161101T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0030.161031T1600Z-161101T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 252 PM MDT SUN OCT 30 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MDT MONDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230... 233 AND 237... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237. * WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING ON MONDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 11 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE LOW 80S. * LIGHTNING... * IMPACTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WITH RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY FIRE STARTS. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
455 WWUS85 KPUB 311032 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 432 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES HUERFANO...LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ229-230-233-237-010100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0030.161031T1600Z-161101T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 432 AM MDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * TIMING...FROM LATE MORNING INTO EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 14 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES MAY START...GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
854 WWUS85 KPUB 312122 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 322 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS UNTIL 7 PM TODAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237...WHICH INCLUDES HUERFANO... LAS ANIMAS AND BACA COUNTIES... COZ229-230-233-237-010100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-161101T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 322 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230... 233 AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * TIMING...THROUGH EARLY EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES MAY START...GROW AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. 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 MAY LEAD TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
547 WWUS85 KPUB 010053 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 653 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... COZ229-230-233-237-010200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-161101T0100Z/ HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON- BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS- 653 PM MDT MON OCT 31 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... WINDS HAVE DISSIPATED ACROSS THE REGION AND HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE STARTED TO RECOVER THIS EVENING, THEREFORE, THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 3:37 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Huerfano, Las Animas | 11 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.