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Red Flag Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 4, 2020, 1:37 PM MST for 7 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 4 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 4, 2020, 1:37 PM MST (20:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 4, 2020, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 4 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 20:36 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 12:00Z, 8.6 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
- 2743 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 149 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 931 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 850 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
800 WWUS85 KPUB 042037 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 137 PM MST Wed Mar 4 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued until 6 PM MST this evening for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels, for fire weather zones 231...232...233... 234...235...236 and 237, which includes Crowley, Otero, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, Baca and eastern Las Animas counties. COZ231>237-050100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0004.200304T2037Z-200305T0100Z/ 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- 137 PM MST Wed Mar 4 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS 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, low relative humidities and dry fuels, which is in effect until 6 PM MST this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 231...232...233...234... 235...236 and 237. * Winds...South to southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts around 35 mph at times. * Relative Humidity...As low as 8 percent. * Impacts...Conditions have the potential 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
161 WWUS85 KPUB 042137 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 237 PM MST Wed Mar 4 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 6 PM MST this evening for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels, for fire weather zones 231...232...233...234...235...236 and 237, which includes Crowley, Otero, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers, Baca and eastern Las Animas counties... COZ231>237-050100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200305T0100Z/ Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 237 PM MST Wed Mar 4 2020 ...A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY VALUES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 231...232...233...234... 235...236 and 237. * Winds...South to southwest 10 to 20 mph with wind gusts around 35 mph at at times. * Relative Humidity...As low as 5 percent. * Impacts...Conditions have the potential for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
921 WWUS85 KPUB 050057 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 557 PM MST Wed Mar 4 2020 ...Red Flag Warning for the southeast plains will expire at 6 PM MST... COZ231>237-050200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0004.000000T0000Z-200305T0100Z/ 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- 557 PM MST Wed Mar 4 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 231...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237... Winds will continue to decrease this evening, while humidity rises above 15 percent. $$
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.