Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 14, 2017, 3:59 AM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 14, 2017, 12:00 PM 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
- Apr 14, 2017, 3:59 AM MDT (09:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 14, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 14, 2017, 7:39 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:56 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 280 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
- 4334 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
500 WWUS85 KPUB 140959 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 359 AM MDT Fri Apr 14 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 224 WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ221-224-150200- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0016.170414T1800Z-170415T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0023.170414T1800Z-170415T0300Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 359 AM MDT Fri Apr 14 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 224... 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 9 PM MDT this evening. the Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 221 and 224. * Winds...southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
741 WWUS85 KPUB 142141 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 341 PM MDT Fri Apr 14 2017 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 224 WHICH INCLUDES TELLER COUNTY AND THE SAN LUIS VALLEY... COZ221-224-150300- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-170415T0300Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 341 PM MDT Fri Apr 14 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 224... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 221 and 224. * Winds...southwest 15 to 25 mph gusting to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 8 percent. * Impacts...conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are occurring now. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels could contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
601 WWUS85 KPUB 150139 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 739 PM MDT Fri Apr 14 2017 ...Red Flag Warning has been cancelled... Winds have decrease in Teller county and in the San Luis Valley, and are no longer reaching Red Flag criteria. COZ221-224-150245- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-170415T0300Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 739 PM MDT Fri Apr 14 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 224... The national Weather Service in Pueblo has cancelled the Red Flag Warning for Teller county and the San Luis Valley. The winds in these areas have decreased below Red Flag criteria. $$
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.