Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2019
Red Flag Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Aug 25, 2019, 4:09 AM MDT for Chaffee County, Fremont County, Lake County, Colorado. It took effect at Aug 25, 2019, 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
- Aug 25, 2019, 4:09 AM MDT (10:09 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 25, 2019, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2019, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Lake County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:09 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 3853 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
045 WWUS85 KPUB 251009 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 409 AM MDT Sun Aug 25 2019 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels from noon to 8PM MDT today, for fire weather zones 220 and 222, which includes the central mountains, the upper Arkansas River Valle and Fremont County... COZ220-222-260200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0009.190825T1800Z-190826T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 409 AM MDT Sun Aug 25 2019 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 222... 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 8 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220 and 222. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
960 WWUS85 KPUB 251753 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1153 AM MDT Sun Aug 25 2019 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels from noon to 8PM MDT this evening, for fire weather zones 220 and 222, which includes the central mountains, the upper Arkansas River Valley and Fremont county... COZ220-222-260200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0009.190825T1800Z-190826T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 1153 AM MDT Sun Aug 25 2019 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 222... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220 and 222. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts around 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth, and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
151 WWUS85 KPUB 252050 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 250 PM MDT Sun Aug 25 2019 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels until 8 PM MDT this evening, for fire weather zones 220 and 222, which includes the central mountains, the upper Arkansas River Valley and Fremont county... COZ220-222-260200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-190826T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 250 PM MDT Sun Aug 25 2019 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 222... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220 and 222. * Winds...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts around 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 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. && $$
047 WWUS85 KPUB 260155 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 755 PM MDT Sun Aug 25 2019 COZ220-222-260300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0009.000000T0000Z-190826T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 755 PM MDT Sun Aug 25 2019 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 222... Recent observations indicate humidity values are starting to rise, and winds are subsiding over the warned area. This trend will continue over the next couple hours. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire. $$
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.