Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 24, 2020, 3:23 AM MDT for 5 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 24, 2020, 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
- May 24, 2020, 3:23 AM MDT (09:23 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 24, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- May 24, 2020, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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 09:25 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 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
- 32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
759 WWUS85 KPUB 240923 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 323 AM MDT Sun May 24 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from noon until 8 PM MDT this evening due to gusty winds, low relative humidity, high Haines indices, and dry fuels for fire weather zone 224, the San Luis Valley... COZ224-250200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0033.200524T1800Z-200525T0200Z/ San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 323 AM MDT Sun May 24 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and high haines indices, which is in effect from noon today to 8 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 10 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth, and spread of fires this afternoon and evening. * Haines...6. 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. && $$ Heavener
2 follow-up statements
643 WWUS85 KPUB 242102 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 302 PM MDT Sun May 24 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 8 PM MDT this evening due to gusty winds, low relative humidity, high Haines indices, and dry fuels for fire weather zone 224, the San Luis Valley... COZ224-250200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-200525T0200Z/ San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 302 PM MDT Sun May 24 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 224. * Winds...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 25 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth, and spread of fires this afternoon and evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
506 WWUS85 KPUB 250210 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 810 PM MDT Sun May 24 2020 COZ224-250315- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0033.000000T0000Z-200525T0200Z/ San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- 810 PM MDT Sun May 24 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 224... A weak cold front has brought cooler and more moist air to the San Luis Valley. As a result, humidity has increased about critical fire weather values. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 36 min |
| May 24, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 40 min |
| May 24, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 31 min |
| May 24, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 31 min |
| May 24, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 22 min |
| May 24, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 37 min |
| May 24, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| May 24, 3:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 23 min |
| May 24, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| May 24, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| May 24, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| May 24, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 30 min |
| May 24, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 33 min |
| May 24, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 31 min |
| May 24, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min | |
| May 24, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 38 min |
| May 24, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 32 min |
| May 24, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 29 min |
| May 24, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 50 min |
| May 24, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 25 min |
| May 24, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
| May 24, 5:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 24 min |
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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.