Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 10, 2020, 4:00 AM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It took effect at Mar 10, 2020, 1:00 PM MDT. 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
- Mar 10, 2020, 4:00 AM MDT (10:00 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 10, 2020, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2020, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:58 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 352 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
- 2762 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
534 WWUS85 KPUB 101000 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 400 AM MDT Tue Mar 10 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued for today, from 1 PM to 7 PM MDT, for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels, for fire weather zones 228...229 and 230, which includes Pueblo County, Huerfano County and western Las Animas County... COZ228>230-110100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0005.200310T1900Z-200311T0100Z/ Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- 400 AM MDT Tue Mar 10 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low humidity levels and dry fuels, which is in effect from 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 228...229 and 230. * Winds...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
196 WWUS85 KPUB 102058 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 258 PM MDT Tue Mar 10 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect today until 7 PM MDT, for gusty winds, low humidity and dry fuels, for fire weather zones 228...229 and 230, which includes Pueblo County, Huerfano County and western Las Animas County... COZ228>230-110100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200311T0100Z/ Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- 258 PM MDT Tue Mar 10 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS, FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 228...229 and 230. * Winds...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
724 WWUS85 KPUB 110059 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 659 PM MDT Tue Mar 10 2020 ...The Red Flag warning for the southern I-25 corridor will expire at 7:00 PM this evening... COZ228>230-110200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-200311T0100Z/ Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- 659 PM MDT Tue Mar 10 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 228...229 AND 230... The Red Flag warning for the southern I-25 corridor will expire at 7 PM this evening $$
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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.