Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 22, 2021, 4:19 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 22, 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 22, 2021, 4:19 AM MDT (10:19 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 22, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 22, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:23 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 250 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
- 550 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 187 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
200 WWUS85 KPUB 221019 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 419 AM MDT Thu Apr 22 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon today until 8 pm mdt this evening for Fire Weather Zones 230...232...233...235 and 237, which includes Baca, Otero, Bent and Las Animas Counties... COZ230-232-233-235-237-230200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0023.210422T1800Z-210423T0200Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Bent County Including Las Animas- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 419 AM MDT Thu Apr 22 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...232...233...235 AND 237... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for dry fuels, strong winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 230...232...233...235 and 237. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Conditions are will be favorable for extreme 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
556 WWUS85 KPUB 222047 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 247 PM MDT Thu Apr 22 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from until 8 pm mdt this evening for Fire Weather Zones 230...232...233...235 and 237, which includes Baca, Otero, Bent and Las Animas Counties... COZ230-232-233-235-237-230200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210423T0200Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Bent County Including Las Animas- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 247 PM MDT Thu Apr 22 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...232...233...235 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 230...232...233...235 and 237. * Winds...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Conditions are will be favorable for extreme rates of fire growth and spread. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
616 WWUS85 KPUB 230144 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 744 PM MDT Thu Apr 22 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning will expire at 8 pm mdt this evening for Fire Weather Zones 230...232...233...235 and 237, which includes Baca, Otero, Bent and Las Animas Counties... COZ230-232-233-235-237-230245- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-210423T0200Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Bent County Including Las Animas- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 744 PM MDT Thu Apr 22 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...232...233... 235 AND 237... Winds will continue to decrease and humidities will increase above 15 percent by 8 pm, therefore the Red Flag Warning will be 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.