Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2020
Red Flag Warning 64, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 19, 2020, 4:19 AM MDT for Chaffee County, Fremont County, Lake County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 19, 2020, 11:00 AM 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 19, 2020, 4:19 AM MDT (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 19, 2020, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 19, 2020, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Lake County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:19 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 3590 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
875 WWUS85 KPUB 191019 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 419 AM MDT Mon Oct 19 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from 11 AM this morning until 7 PM this evening for dry fuels, gusty winds and low relative humidity, for Fire Weather Zones 220 and 222, which includes all of Chaffee, Lake and Fremont Counties... COZ220-222-200100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0064.201019T1700Z-201020T0100Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 419 AM MDT Mon Oct 19 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 222... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for dry fuels, gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 7 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220 and 222. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 8 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
186 WWUS85 KPUB 191825 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1225 PM MDT Mon Oct 19 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 7 PM this evening for dry fuels, gusty winds and low relative humidity, for Fire Weather Zones 220 and 222, which includes all of Chaffee, Lake and Fremont Counties... COZ220-222-200100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-201020T0100Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 1225 PM MDT Mon Oct 19 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 222... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220 and 222. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 8 percent. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
082 WWUS85 KPUB 192104 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 304 PM MDT Mon Oct 19 2020 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 7 PM this evening for dry fuels, gusty winds and low relative humidity, for Fire Weather Zones 220 and 222, which includes all of Chaffee, Lake and Fremont Counties... COZ220-222-200100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-201020T0100Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 304 PM MDT Mon Oct 19 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 222... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220 and 222. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 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. && $$
806 WWUS85 KPUB 200105 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 705 PM MDT Mon Oct 19 2020 COZ220-222-200215- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-201020T0100Z/ Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County-Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 705 PM MDT Mon Oct 19 2020 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 AND 222... Critical fire weather conditions no longer exist over the region, therefore the Red Flag Warning has been allowed to expire. $$
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.