Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jan 13, 2020, 3:07 PM MST for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Jan 14, 2020, 11:00 AM MST. 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
- Jan 13, 2020, 3:07 PM MST (22:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 14, 2020, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Jan 14, 2020, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 3115 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
374 WWUS85 KPUB 132207 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 307 PM MST Mon Jan 13 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels for 11 AM Tuesday through 5 PM Tuesday evening, for fire weather zones 230, 233 and 237, which includes Huerfano, Las Animas and Baca Counties... COZ230-233-237-141415- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0001.200114T1800Z-200115T0000Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 307 PM MST Mon Jan 13 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...233 AND 237... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels, which is in effect from 11 AM to 5 PM MST Tuesday. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 230...233 and 237. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...10 to 15 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
880 WWUS85 KPUB 140550 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1050 PM MST Mon Jan 13 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels is in effect from 11 AM MST Tuesday through 5 PM MST Tuesday evening, over fire weather zones 230, 233 and 237, which includes Huerfano, Las Animas and Baca counties... COZ230-233-237-142200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.200114T1800Z-200115T0000Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 1050 PM MST Mon Jan 13 2020 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS OVER FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...233 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 230...233 and 237. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with wind gusts around 45 mph at times. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
989 WWUS85 KPUB 141041 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 341 AM MST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels remains in effect from 11 AM to 5 PM MST today, over fire weather zones 230, 233 and 237, which includes Huerfano, Las Animas and Baca counties... COZ230-233-237-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.200114T1800Z-200115T0000Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 341 AM MST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS OVER FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...233 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 230...233 and 237. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 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. && $$
332 WWUS85 KPUB 142205 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 305 PM MST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels remains in effect through 5 PM MST today, over fire weather zones 230, 233 and 237, which includes Huerfano, Las Animas and Baca counties... COZ230-233-237-150000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200115T0000Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 305 PM MST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS OVER FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...233 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 230...233 and 237. * Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...5 to 10 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
644 WWUS85 KPUB 142340 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 440 PM MST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...The Red Flag Warning for fire weather zones 230, 233 and 237 will be allowed to expire at 5 PM MST as relative humidities are expected to gradually increase and surface winds are projected to gradually decrease this evening... COZ230-233-237-150045- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0001.000000T0000Z-200115T0000Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 440 PM MST Tue Jan 14 2020 ...THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST OVER FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...233 AND 235... Relative humidities are expected to gradually increase and surface winds are projected to gradually decrease this evening over far southeastern Colorado. $$
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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.