Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2017, 3:26 AM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 14, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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 14, 2017, 3:26 AM MDT (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:27 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 2474 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
397 WWUS85 KPUB 140926 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 326 AM MDT Tue Mar 14 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO AND FREMONT COUNTIES... COZ226-227-150000- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0011.170314T1800Z-170315T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0018.170314T1800Z-170315T0000Z/ Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs- 326 AM MDT Tue Mar 14 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 AND 227... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM MDT this evening. The fire weather watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 226 and 227. * Winds...northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 11 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. && $$ COZ222-150000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0018.170314T1800Z-170315T0000Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 326 AM MDT Tue Mar 14 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 222... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 222. * Winds...west 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 9 percent. * Impacts...conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
3 follow-up statements
254 WWUS85 KPUB 140928 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 328 AM MDT Tue Mar 14 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO AND FREMONT COUNTIES... COZ222-226-227-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0018.170314T1800Z-170315T0000Z/ 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- 328 AM MDT Tue Mar 14 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226 AND 227... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...226 and 227. * Winds...northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 10 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. && $$
295 WWUS85 KPUB 142116 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 316 PM MDT Tue Mar 14 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM TODAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO AND FREMONT COUNTIES... COZ222-226-227-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170315T0000Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs- 316 PM MDT Tue Mar 14 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226 AND 227... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...226 and 227. * Winds...northwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 10 percent. * Impacts...conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
221 WWUS85 KPUB 142340 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 540 PM MDT Tue Mar 14 2017 ...The Red Flag warning will EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226 and 227... COZ222-226-227-150045- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-170315T0000Z/ 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- 540 PM MDT Tue Mar 14 2017 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226 AND 227 AS CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS DECREASE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 13, 9:32 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | El Paso | 6 hr |
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.