Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2018, 2:58 PM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 8, 2018, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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 7, 2018, 2:58 PM MDT (20:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2018, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2018, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 279 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
- 1280 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
630 WWUS85 KPUB 072058 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 258 PM MDT Sat Apr 7 2018 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from 1 PM to 7 PM on Sunday for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels for fire weather zone 224, which includes the San Luis Valley... COZ224-081300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0024.180408T1900Z-180409T0100Z/ San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 258 PM MDT Sat Apr 7 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM TO 7 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 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 1 PM to 7 PM MDT Sunday. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 224. * Winds...Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. Extreme fire behavior will be possible. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
673 WWUS85 KPUB 080937 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 337 AM MDT Sun Apr 8 2018 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 1 PM to 7 PM today for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels for fire weather zone 224, which includes the San Luis Valley... COZ224-090100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.180408T1900Z-180409T0100Z/ San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 337 AM MDT Sun Apr 8 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 224. * Winds...Northwest 20 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. Extreme fire behavior will be possible. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels will result in the potential for extreme fire behavior. && $$
464 WWUS85 KPUB 082048 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 248 PM MDT Sun Apr 8 2018 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 7 PM today for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels for fire weather zone 224, which includes the San Luis Valley... COZ224-090100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-180409T0100Z/ San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 248 PM MDT Sun Apr 8 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 224. * Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 14 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. Extreme fire behavior will be possible. 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 dry fuels will result in the potential for extreme fire behavior. && $$
242 WWUS85 KPUB 090056 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 656 PM MDT Sun Apr 8 2018 COZ224-090200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0024.000000T0000Z-180409T0100Z/ San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 656 PM MDT Sun Apr 8 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... Winds have subsided over the San Luis Valley this evening and humidity values have begun to recover, therefore, the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire at 7 pm. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 4:07 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 29 hr |
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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.