Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 30, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Sep 21, 2017, 9:50 PM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 22, 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
- Sep 21, 2017, 9:50 PM MDT (03:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 22, 2017, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2017, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 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
- 4339 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
173 WWUS85 KPUB 220350 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 950 PM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from 11 AM until 7 PM MDT Friday for gusty winds, low humidities and dry fuels for fire weather zones 227 through 232, which includes the southern I-25 corridor and the adjacent plains of Crowley and Otero counties... COZ227>232-222000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0030.170922T1700Z-170923T0100Z/ 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- 950 PM MDT Thu Sep 21 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 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 11 AM to 7 PM MDT Friday. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 227...228...229...230... 231 and 232. * Winds...south 15 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 13 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
704 WWUS85 KPUB 221032 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 432 AM MDT Fri Sep 22 2017 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 11 AM until 7 PM MDT today for gusty winds, low humidities and dry fuels for fire weather zones 227 through 232, which includes the southern I-25 corridor and the adjacent plains of Crowley and Otero counties... COZ227>232-230100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0030.170922T1700Z-170923T0100Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- 432 AM MDT Fri Sep 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231 AND 232... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 227...228...229...230... 231 and 232. * Winds...south 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 14 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
041 WWUS85 KPUB 222100 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 300 PM MDT Fri Sep 22 2017 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from until 7 PM MDT for gusty winds, low humidities and dry fuels for fire weather zones 227 through 232, which includes the southern I- 25 corridor and the adjacent plains of Crowley and Otero counties... COZ227>232-230100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-170923T0100Z/ 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- 300 PM MDT Fri Sep 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228... 229...230...231 AND 232... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 227...228...229...230... 231 and 232. * Winds...south 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...as low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid 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. && $$ Hodanish
854 WWUS85 KPUB 230059 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 659 PM MDT Fri Sep 22 2017 ...The Red Flag Warning will expire at 7 PM for fire weather zones 227 through 232 which includes the southern I-25 corridor and the adjacent plains of Crowley and Otero counties... COZ227>232-230200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-170923T0100Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- 659 PM MDT Fri Sep 22 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229... 230...231 AND 232... HUMIDITY VALUES WILL CONTINUE TO CLIMB ABOVE CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AND WINDS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH THE EVENING. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. $$
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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.