Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Sep 6, 2020, 2:57 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 7, 2020, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
- Sep 6, 2020, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 7, 2020, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2020, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Lake County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:01 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 12:00Z, 9.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4269 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
402 WWUS85 KPUB 062057 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 257 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning is now in effect for late Monday Morning through Monday evening for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 220, and 222 through 225, which includes the central mountains, the southwest mountains, the San Luis valley and the southern mountains including adjacent valley locations... COZ220-222>225-071300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0038.200907T1700Z-200908T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0049.200907T1700Z-200908T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 257 PM MDT Sun Sep 6 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...223...224 AND 225... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 11 AM to 8 PM MDT Monday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220...222...223...224 and 225. * Winds...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 8 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 70s. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
293 WWUS85 KPUB 070950 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 350 AM MDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 11 AM this morning through 8 PM this evening for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 220, and 222 through 225, which includes the central mountains, the southwest mountains, the San Luis valley and the southern mountains including adjacent valley locations... COZ220-222>225-080200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0049.200907T1700Z-200908T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 350 AM MDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...223...224 AND 225... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220...222...223...224 and 225. * Winds...West 5 to 15 mph with gusts up to 35 mph in the mountains and 25 mph over the valleys. * Relative Humidity...As low as 7 percent. * Temperatures...In the 80s valleys, 70s mountains. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Hodanish
639 WWUS85 KPUB 072220 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 420 PM MDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 8 PM this evening for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 220, and 222 through 225, which includes the central mountains, the southwest mountains, the San Luis valley and the southern mountains including adjacent valley locations... COZ220-222>225-080200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-200908T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 420 PM MDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...223...224 AND 225... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220...222...223...224 and 225. * Winds...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 8 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 70s. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. 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. && $$
183 WWUS85 KPUB 080156 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 756 PM MDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...Red Flag Warning for Fire Zones 220...222...223...224 and 225 will expire at 8 pm mdt... COZ220-222>225-080300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-200908T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 756 PM MDT Mon Sep 7 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...222...223... 224 AND 225... Winds have decreased across the area, and relative humidity will slowly recover to above 15 percent through the evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 4:36 AM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 24 hr |
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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.