Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 8, 2021, 8:16 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 9, 2021, 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
- Apr 8, 2021, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 9, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 9, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 4114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
906 WWUS85 KPUB 090216 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 816 PM MDT Thu Apr 8 2021 ...Red Flag Warning for this evening has expired... ...Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon until 8 pm mdt on Friday for Fire Weather Zones 222, 224 and 228 which includes the San Luis Valley and Fremont and Pueblo Counties... COZ222-224-228-091830- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210409T0200Z/ /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0009.210409T1800Z-210410T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0018.210409T1800Z-210410T0200Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Pueblo County Including Pueblo- 816 PM MDT Thu Apr 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 AND 228... ...RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS EXPIRED... 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 noon to 8 PM MDT Friday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...224 and 228. * Winds...North to Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 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. && $$ COZ227-229-231-232-234>237-090330- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0017.000000T0000Z-210409T0200Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 816 PM MDT Thu Apr 8 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...229...231...232...234...235...236 AND 237... Winds will continue to decrease and relative humidity will rise through the remainder of the evening. $$
3 follow-up statements
973 WWUS85 KPUB 091014 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 414 AM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...Red Flag Warning remains in effect from noon until 8 pm mdt today for Fire Weather Zones 222, 224 and 228 which includes the San Luis Valley, and Fremont and Pueblo Counties... COZ222-224-228-100200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0018.210409T1800Z-210410T0200Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Pueblo County Including Pueblo- 414 AM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 AND 228... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...224 and 228. * Winds...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 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. && $$
939 WWUS85 KPUB 092045 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 245 PM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 8 PM MDT this evening for Fire Weather Zones 222, 224 and 228 which includes the San Luis Valley, and Fremont and Pueblo Counties... COZ222-224-228-100200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210410T0200Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Pueblo County Including Pueblo- 245 PM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 AND 228... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...224 and 228. * Winds...North 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 7 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
462 WWUS85 KPUB 100154 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 754 PM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...Red Flag Warning for this evening has expired... COZ222-224-228-100300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210410T0200Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache- Pueblo County Including Pueblo- 754 PM MDT Fri Apr 9 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...224 AND 228... Winds will continue to decreases while humidity slowly rises through the remainder of the evening. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 9, 11:12 AM MDT | Blowing Dust Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 4 hr |
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.