Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 29, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Sep 20, 2017, 2:58 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 21, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Sep 20, 2017, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 21, 2017, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2017, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1631 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 334 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 432 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
975 WWUS85 KPUB 202058 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 258 PM MDT Wed Sep 20 2017 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from Noon until 7 PM MDT Thursday for gusty winds, low humidities and dry fuels for fire weather zones 226 through 237 which includes the I-25 corridor and the southeast Colorado plains... COZ226>237-211300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0002.170921T1800Z-170922T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0029.170921T1800Z-170922T0100Z/ 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- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 258 PM MDT Wed Sep 20 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning, which is in effect from noon to 7 PM MDT Thursday. the Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 and 237. * Winds...southwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 10 percent. * Temperatures...in the mid 80s to mid 90s. * 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. && $$ Hodanish
3 follow-up statements
295 WWUS85 KPUB 210919 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 319 AM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from Noon until 7 PM MDT today for gusty winds, low humidities and dry fuels for fire weather zones 226 through 237 which includes the I-25 corridor and the southeast Colorado plains... COZ226>237-220100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0029.170921T1800Z-170922T0100Z/ Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 319 AM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 and 237. * Winds...southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 9 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
256 WWUS85 KPUB 212112 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 312 PM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from until 7 PM MDT today for gusty winds, low humidities and dry fuels for fire weather zones 226 through 237 which includes the I-25 corridor and the southeast Colorado plains... COZ226>237-220100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170922T0100Z/ 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- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 312 PM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228...229...230...231...232... 233...234...235...236 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 226...227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 and 237. * Winds...south 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 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. && $$ Hodanish
365 WWUS85 KPUB 220056 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 656 PM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...The Red Flag Warning will expire at 7 PM MDT this evening for gusty winds, low humidities and dry fuels for fire weather zones 226 through 237, which includes the I-25 corridor and the southeast Colorado plains... COZ226>237-220200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0029.000000T0000Z-170922T0100Z/ Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 656 PM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226...227...228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... Winds will continue to diminish this evening and humidity values will slowly climb back above critical thresholds. Therefore the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire at 7 PM MDT this evening. $$
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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.