Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 53, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 2, 2020, 3:48 AM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 2, 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
- Oct 2, 2020, 3:48 AM MDT (09:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 2, 2020, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 2, 2020, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 193 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:48 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 00:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 3947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
850 WWUS85 KPUB 020948 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 348 AM MDT Fri Oct 2 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from 12PM to 8PM today for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 220 and 223, which includes the eastern San Juan, La Garita, and Sawatch Mountains. COZ220-223-030200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0053.201002T1800Z-201003T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- 348 AM MDT Fri Oct 2 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND HIGH HAINES INDEX VALUES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 223... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and high Haines index values, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220 and 223. * Winds...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
824 WWUS85 KPUB 022046 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 246 PM MDT Fri Oct 2 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 8 PM this evening for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 220 and 223, which includes the eastern San Juan, La Garita, and Sawatch Mountains... COZ220-223-030200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0053.000000T0000Z-201003T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- 246 PM MDT Fri Oct 2 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 223... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220 and 223. * Winds...Northwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...10 TO 15 percent. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
498 WWUS85 KPUB 030159 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 759 PM MDT Fri Oct 2 2020 ...Red Flag Warning will expire at 8 pm mdt... COZ220-223-030300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0053.000000T0000Z-201003T0200Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County- Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede- 759 PM MDT Fri Oct 2 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 223... Winds have diminished over the area and will remain light through the overnight hours. $$
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.