Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 55, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jul 3, 2018, 4:12 AM MDT for 20 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 3, 2018, 12:00 PM 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
- Jul 3, 2018, 4:12 AM MDT (10:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 3, 2018, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2018, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Bent County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:13 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4352 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
581 WWUS85 KPUB 031012 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 412 AM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from Noon until 8 PM today for gusty winds, low humidity, high Haines indices, and dry fuels for fire weather zones 220 through 236, which includes the Eastern San Juan and La Garita mountains, Chaffee and Lake counties, the San Luis Valley, the Wet Mountains, the Wet Mountain Valley, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as well as Fremont, Custer, Teller, El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, Crowley, Otero, Kiowa, Bent and Prowers counties... COZ220>236-040200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0055.180703T1800Z-180704T0200Z/ 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- 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- 412 AM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224... 225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 235 AND 236... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and high haines indices, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 234... 235 and 236. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Haines...6. * Thunderstorms...Isolated dry lightning. * Outflow Winds...Erratic gusts up to 40 mph. * Impacts...Conditions 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
208 WWUS85 KPUB 032110 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 310 PM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 8 PM this evening for gusty winds, low humidity, high Haines indices, and dry fuels for fire weather zones 220 through 236, which includes the Eastern San Juan and La Garita mountains, Chaffee and Lake counties, the San Luis Valley, the Wet Mountains, the Wet Mountain Valley, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as well as Fremont, Custer, Teller, El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, Crowley, Otero, Kiowa, Bent and Prowers counties... COZ220>236-040200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0055.000000T0000Z-180704T0200Z/ 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- 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- 310 PM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224...225 ...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235 AND 236... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 234... 235 and 236. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts around 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 6 percent. * Haines...6. * Thunderstorms...Isolated dry lightning. * Outflow Winds...Erratic gusts around 40 mph. * Impacts...Conditions 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. && $$
138 WWUS85 KPUB 040144 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 744 PM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...Red Flag Warning will expire at 8 pm MDT... COZ220>236-040245- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0055.000000T0000Z-180704T0200Z/ 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- 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- 744 PM MDT Tue Jul 3 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224...225...226... 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235 AND 236... Humidities are increasing across the area and Red Flag conditions are not longer expected tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
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.