Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Jan 31, 2020, 3:13 AM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jan 31, 2020, 12:00 PM 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 31, 2020, 3:13 AM MST (10:13 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jan 31, 2020, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Jan 31, 2020, 5:39 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 108 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 (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
503 WWUS85 KPUB 311013 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 313 AM MST Fri Jan 31 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels from Noon until 6 PM today, for fire weather zones 231 through 237 which includes Crowley, Otero, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers, Baca and eastern Las Animas Counties... COZ231>237-010100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0002.200131T1900Z-200201T0100Z/ 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- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 313 AM MST Fri Jan 31 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... 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 6 PM MST this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 231...232...233...234... 235...236 and 237. * Winds...North 10 to 20 mph with gusts of 25 to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 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. && $$
1 follow-up statement
652 WWUS85 KPUB 010039 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 539 PM MST Fri Jan 31 2020 ...Red Flag Warning has been cancelled... COZ231>237-010145- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-200201T0100Z/ Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 539 PM MST Fri Jan 31 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235... 236 AND 237... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has cancelled the Red Flag Warning. $$
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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.