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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 8, 2017, 9:45 AM MST for 4 counties in Colorado. 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
- Mar 8, 2017, 9:45 AM MST (16:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 8, 2017, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:48 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, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 2418 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 382 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
408 WWUS85 KPUB 081645 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 945 AM MST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228 AND 229 WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY AND HUERFANO COUNTY... COZ222-226>229-090100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0016.170308T1645Z-170309T0100Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 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- 945 AM MST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228 AND 229... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 6 PM MST this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...226...227...228 and 229. * Winds...west 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 9 percent. * Impacts...conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
122 WWUS85 KPUB 082144 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 244 PM MST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228 AND 229 WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY...FREMONT COUNTY AND HUERFANO COUNTY... COZ222-226>229-090100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170309T0100Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- 244 PM MST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228 AND 229... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...226...227...228 and 229. * Winds...west 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 8 percent. * Impacts...conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
138 WWUS85 KPUB 090055 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 555 PM MST Wed Mar 8 2017 ....RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING... COZ222-226>229-090200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0016.000000T0000Z-170309T0100Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 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- 555 PM MST Wed Mar 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228 AND 229... Winds are expected to decrease into the evening in combination with relative humidities slowly climbing to above 15 percent this evening. $$
Nearby
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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.