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Red Flag Warning 48, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 14, 2018, 9:45 AM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 10 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
- Jun 14, 2018, 9:45 AM MDT (15:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2018, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 172 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -201 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3315 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
741 WWUS85 KPUB 141545 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 945 AM MDT Thu Jun 14 2018 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from 9 AM until 8 PM MDT today for gusty winds, low humidities, and dry thunderstorms for fire weather zones 220 through 230, which includes all of the southern mountains, valleys and El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, and Western Las Animas counties... COZ220>230-150200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0048.180614T1545Z-180615T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County- Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 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- 945 AM MDT Thu Jun 14 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 and 230. * Winds...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Impacts...Rapid rates of fire growth and spread will be possible due to gusty winds which will be enhanced by dry thunderstorm outflows this afternoon. In addition, new fire starts will be possible with isolated dry lightning. 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
573 WWUS85 KPUB 142059 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 259 PM MDT Thu Jun 14 2018 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 8 PM MDT this evening for gusty winds, low humidities, and isolated dry thunderstorms for fire weather zones 220 through 230, which includes all of the southern mountains, valleys and El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, and Western Las Animas counties... COZ220>230-150200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-180615T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County- Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 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- 259 PM MDT Thu Jun 14 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224...225...226...227... 228...229 AND 230... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 and 230. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. Localized gust up to 50 mph possible near dry thunderstorms. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Impacts...Rapid rates of fire growth and spread will be possible due to gusty winds which will be enhanced by dry thunderstorm outflows this afternoon. In addition, new fire starts will be possible with isolated dry lightning. 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. && $$
102 WWUS85 KPUB 150151 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 751 PM MDT Thu Jun 14 2018 ...The Red Flag Warning will expire at 8 PM MDT this evening... COZ220>230-150300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-180615T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County- Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 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- 751 PM MDT Thu Jun 14 2018 ...The RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224...225...226... 227...228...229 AND 230... The National Weather Service will allow the Red Flag Warning to expire at 8 PM MDT this evening due to generally decreasing winds in combination with increasing humidities. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Jun 14, 1:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 30 min |
| Jun 14, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 29 min | |
| Jun 14, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 36 min |
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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.