Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2018
Red Flag Warning 57, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 5, 2018, 12:40 PM MDT for Baca County, Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. 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
- Oct 5, 2018, 12:40 PM MDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 2018, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 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 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 2526 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
474 WWUS85 KPUB 051840 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1240 PM MDT Fri Oct 5 2018 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 7 pm this evening, for gusty winds, low humidity values and dry fuels, for fire weather zones 229, 230, 233 and 237, which includes the Southern I-25 Corridor, including Walsenburg and Trinidad, Eastern Las Animas County and Baca County... COZ229-230-233-237-060100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0057.181005T1840Z-181006T0100Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 1240 PM MDT Fri Oct 5 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning which is in effect until 7 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 229...230...233 and 237. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
916 WWUS85 KPUB 060100 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 700 PM MDT Fri Oct 5 2018 ...Red Flag Warning will expire at 7 PM MDT... COZ229-230-233-237-060200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0057.000000T0000Z-181006T0100Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 700 PM MDT Fri Oct 5 2018 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230...233 AND 237... Humidities are on the increase this evening across the area, and thus the Warning will be allowed to expire. $$
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.