Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2017
Red Flag Warning 34, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Nov 24, 2017, 3:54 AM MST for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 24, 2017, 9:00 AM MST. 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
- Nov 24, 2017, 3:54 AM MST (10:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 24, 2017, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 24, 2017, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:53 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 3658 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 209 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
407 WWUS85 KPUB 241054 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 354 AM MST Fri Nov 24 2017 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from 9 AM this morning until 5 PM this afternoon for gusty winds, low relative humidity values, and dry fuels for fire weather zones 222, 226, 227, 228 and 229 which includes Fremont, El Paso, Pueblo and eastern Huerfano counties... COZ222-226>229-250000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0034.171124T1600Z-171125T0000Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 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- 354 AM MST Fri Nov 24 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...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 9 AM this morning to 5 PM MST this afternoon. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...226...227...228 and 229. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
412 WWUS85 KPUB 242208 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 308 PM MST Fri Nov 24 2017 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 5 PM this afternoon for gusty winds, low relative humidity values, and dry fuels for fire weather zones 222, 226, 227, 228 and 229 which includes Fremont, El Paso, Pueblo and eastern Huerfano counties... COZ222-226>229-250000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0034.000000T0000Z-171125T0000Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- 308 PM MST Fri Nov 24 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228 AND 229... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...226...227...228 and 229. * Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
354 WWUS85 KPUB 250006 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 506 PM MST Fri Nov 24 2017 ...The Red Flag Warning that was in effect until 5 pm today for gusty winds, low humidities and dry fuels for fire weather zones 222, 226, 227, 228 and 229 which includes Fremont, El Paso, Pueblo and eastern Huerfano Counties has expired... COZ222-226>229-250115- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0034.000000T0000Z-171125T0000Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 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- 506 PM MST Fri Nov 24 2017 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228 AND 229... Red flag conditions are subsiding. Consequently, the Red Flag Warning that was in effect has been allowed to expire. $$
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.