Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 18, 2017, 8:45 PM MDT for Fremont County, Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 19, 2017, 11:00 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
- Mar 18, 2017, 8:45 PM MDT (02:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 19, 2017, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 19, 2017, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4254 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
846 WWUS85 KPUB 190245 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 845 PM MDT Sat Mar 18 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FROM 11 AM UNTIL 8 PM SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES...222...228 and 229...WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO...FREMONT AND HUERFANO COUNTIES... COZ222-228-229-191845- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0013.170319T1700Z-170320T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0020.170319T1700Z-170320T0200Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- 845 PM MDT Sat Mar 18 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...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 from 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Sunday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...228 and 229. * 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
152 WWUS85 KPUB 191005 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 405 AM MDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES...222...228 and 229...WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO... FREMONT AND HUERFANO COUNTIES... COZ222-228-229-200200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0020.170319T1700Z-170320T0200Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- 405 AM MDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...228 AND 229... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...228 and 229. * Winds...west 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...5 to 10 percent. * Impacts...conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
348 WWUS85 KPUB 192049 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 249 PM MDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES...222...228 and 229...WHICH INCLUDES PUEBLO... FREMONT AND HUERFANO COUNTIES... COZ222-228-229-200200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-170320T0200Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- 249 PM MDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...228 AND 229... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...228 and 229. * Winds...west 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 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. && $$ Hodanish
361 WWUS85 KPUB 200151 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 751 PM MDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...Red Flag Warning will expire at 8 PM MDT this evening... COZ222-228-229-200300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0020.000000T0000Z-170320T0200Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- 751 PM MDT Sun Mar 19 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...228 AND 229... Winds have diminished and relative humidity values will continue to increase, which allows for the Red Flag Warning to expire at 8 PM MDT. $$
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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.