Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2019
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 27, 2019, 4:07 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 27, 2019, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 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
- Mar 27, 2019, 4:07 AM MDT (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 27, 2019, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 27, 2019, 3:12 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 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 10:08 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 00:00Z, 10.1 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
- 3103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
209 WWUS85 KPUB 271007 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 407 AM MDT Wed Mar 27 2019 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued for gusty winds, low humidity, and dry fuels from noon to 7 PM MDT today for fire weather zone 224, which includes the San Luis Valley... ...A Fire Weather Watch remains in effect for gusty winds, low humidity, and dry fuels for Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening for fire weather zone 224, which includes the San Luis Valley... COZ224-280215- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0003.190327T1800Z-190328T0100Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0002.190328T1900Z-190329T0100Z/ San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 407 AM MDT Wed Mar 27 2019 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING 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 and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 224. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 percent. * Impacts...Conditions may 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. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$
1 follow-up statement
308 WWUS85 KPUB 272112 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 312 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2019 ...A Fire Weather Watch has been issued for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels for Friday morning through Friday evening, for fire weather zones 222, 228, 229, 230 and 233, which includes Fremont, most of Huerfano, Pueblo and most of Las Animas Counties... COZ224-272215- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-190328T0100Z/ /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0002.190328T1900Z-190329T0100Z/ San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 312 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2019 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has cancelled the Red Flag Warning that was in effect today, and the Fire Weather Watch that was in effect for Thursday, for the San Luis Valley. A new update to the status of the fuels was issued, and the fuels are no longer deemed as being favorable for large fire growth, and therefore fire weather highlights are not needed. $$ COZ222-228>230-233-281315- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0003.190329T1700Z-190330T0100Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- 312 PM MDT Wed Mar 27 2019 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...228...229...230 AND 233... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels, which is in effect from Friday morning through Friday evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...228...229...230 and 233. * Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent. * Impacts...Conditions may be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth, and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 3:12 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo and 1 more | 24 hr |
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.