Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 34, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Sep 27, 2021, 3:39 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 27, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 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 27, 2021, 3:39 AM MDT (09:39 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 27, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 27, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 4118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 123 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
829 WWUS85 KPUB 270939 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 339 AM MDT Mon Sep 27 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from Noon until 6 pm today for Gusty Winds, Low Relative Humidity and Dry Fuels for Fire Weather Zones 222, 226, 227, 228, and 231, which includes Fremont, Pueblo, El Paso, and Crowley Counties... COZ222-226>228-231-280000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0034.210927T1800Z-210928T0000Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Crowley County Including Ordway- 339 AM MDT Mon Sep 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222... 226...227...228 AND 231... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for Gusty Winds, Low Relative Humidity and Dry Fuels, which is in effect from noon today to 6 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...226...227...228 and 231. * Winds...East 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent. * Temperatures...In the mid 80s. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
660 WWUS85 KPUB 272052 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 252 PM MDT Mon Sep 27 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect until 6 pm today for Gusty Winds, Low Relative Humidity and Dry Fuels for Fire Weather Zones 222, 226, 227, 228, and 231, which includes Fremont, Pueblo, El Paso, and Crowley Counties... COZ222-226>228-231-280000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210928T0000Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Crowley County Including Ordway- 252 PM MDT Mon Sep 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226... 227...228 AND 231... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 222...226...227...228 and 231. * Winds...East 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Temperatures...In the lower 80s. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Hodanish
598 WWUS85 KPUB 272359 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 559 PM MDT Mon Sep 27 2021 COZ222-226>228-231-280100- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0034.000000T0000Z-210928T0000Z/ Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Crowley County Including Ordway- 559 PM MDT Mon Sep 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222...226...227...228 AND 231... Spotty critical fire weather conditions may continue early this evening, however, expect conditions to improve through the remainder of the evening. $$
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.