Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 15, 2017, 8:52 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 16, 2017, 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
- Mar 15, 2017, 8:52 PM MDT (02:52 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2017, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2017, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 4168 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
811 WWUS85 KPUB 160252 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 852 PM MDT Wed Mar 15 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM LATE THURSDAY MORNING INTO THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES... COZ221-226-227-161900- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0012.170316T1700Z-170317T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0019.170316T1700Z-170317T0100Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs- 852 PM MDT Wed Mar 15 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227...WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidities and existing dry fuels for fire weather zones 221...226 and 227, which is in effect from 11 AM Thursday to 7 PM MDT Thursday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 221...226 and 227...which includes El Paso and Teller counties. * Winds...west 5 to 15 mph with wind gusts around 25 mph at times. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
675 WWUS85 KPUB 160943 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 343 AM MDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227... WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES... COZ221-226-227-170100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0019.170316T1700Z-170317T0100Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs- 343 AM MDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227... WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 221...226 and 227. * Winds...west 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 6 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
329 WWUS85 KPUB 162057 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 257 PM MDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM UNTIL 7 PM TODAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND EXISTING DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227... WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES... COZ221-226-227-170100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170317T0100Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs- 257 PM MDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 221...226 and 227. * Winds...northwest 10 to 15 mph with gusts up to 25 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. && $$
010 WWUS85 KPUB 170051 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 651 PM MDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...Red Flag Warning to expire at 7 pm... COZ221-226-227-170200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0019.000000T0000Z-170317T0100Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs- 651 PM MDT Thu Mar 16 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221...226 AND 227... Winds have diminished, with temperatures decreasing and humidity levels increasing. This will allow for the Red Flag Warning to expire at 7 pm mdt. $$
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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.