Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Feb 7, 2017, 2:10 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 8, 2017, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 9 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Feb 7, 2017, 2:10 PM MST (21:10 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 8, 2017, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 8, 2017, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 8, 9:20 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 63 | 2 Ne Aguilar, CO | MESONET STATION 1 ENE AGUILAR /CO031/. |
| Feb 8, 11:08 AM MST | NON-TSTM WND GST 69 | 2 Ssw Manitou Springs, CO | MESONET STATION 2 SSW MANITOU SPGS /AT498/. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 2452 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 87 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 413 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
587 WWUS85 KPUB 072110 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 210 PM MST Tue Feb 7 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 900 AM UNTIL 600 PM WEDNESDAY...FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 232 WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO...PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES... COZ226>232-081315- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0002.170208T1600Z-170209T0100Z/ 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- 210 PM MST Tue Feb 7 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MST WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231 AND 232... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity...which is in effect from 9 AM to 6 PM MST Wednesday. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 226...227...228...229... 230...231 and 232. * Winds...Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 14 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
299 WWUS85 KPUB 081050 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 350 AM MST Wed Feb 8 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM UNTIL 600 PM FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 232 WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO... PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES... COZ226>232-090100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0002.170208T1600Z-170209T0100Z/ Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- 350 AM MST Wed Feb 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228... 229...230...231 AND 232... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 226...227...228...229... 230...231 and 232. * Winds...northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Hodanish
386 WWUS85 KPUB 082158 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 258 PM MST Wed Feb 8 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226 THROUGH 232 WHICH INCLUDES EL PASO... PUEBLO...EASTERN HUERFANO...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS...CROWLEY AND OTERO COUNTIES... COZ226>232-090100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170209T0100Z/ 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- 258 PM MST Wed Feb 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231 AND 232... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 226...227...228...229... 230...231 and 232. * Winds...northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. 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. && $$
368 WWUS85 KPUB 090054 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 554 PM MST Wed Feb 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING EXPIRES AT 6 PM MDT... COZ226>232-090200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-170209T0100Z/ Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- 554 PM MST Wed Feb 8 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231 AND 232... Winds will continue to gradually diminish across the region this evening, and relative humidity will climb to above 15 percent after 6 pm. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 9:37 PM MST | High Wind Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Feb 7, 2:19 PM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.