Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 50, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Sep 19, 2020, 3:55 AM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It took effect at Sep 19, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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 19, 2020, 3:55 AM MDT (09:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 19, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 19, 2020, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3707 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
337 WWUS85 KPUB 190955 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 355 AM MDT Sat Sep 19 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon until 7 PM this evening for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 234, 235 and 236, which includes Kiowa, Bent and Prowers Counties... COZ234>236-200100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0050.200919T1800Z-200920T0100Z/ Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- 355 AM MDT Sat Sep 19 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234... 235 AND 236... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning which is in effect from noon today to 7 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 234...235 and 236. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
157 WWUS85 KPUB 192047 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 247 PM MDT Sat Sep 19 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect from through 7 PM this evening for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 234, 235 and 236, which includes Kiowa, Bent and Prowers Counties... COZ234>236-200100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0050.000000T0000Z-200920T0100Z/ Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- 247 PM MDT Sat Sep 19 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235 AND 236... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 234...235 and 236. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...15 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
397 WWUS85 KPUB 200054 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 654 PM MDT Sat Sep 19 2020 COZ234>236-200200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0050.000000T0000Z-200920T0100Z/ Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- 654 PM MDT Sat Sep 19 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234...235 AND 236... Humidity will continue to rise over the next several hours, although gusty winds to 40-45 mph will remain possible. $$
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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.