Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Oct 25, 2021, 2:59 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 26, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 25, 2021, 2:59 PM MDT (20:59 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 26, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 26, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 26, 12:02 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 58 | 5 Ne Blende, CO | |
| Oct 26, 12:25 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 64 | 3 Ese Hoehne, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 2349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
210 WWUS85 KPUB 252059 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 259 PM MDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...A RED FLAG WARNING has been issued from Noon Tuesday to 6 PM Tuesday for gusty winds and low humidity values for fire weather zones 227... 228... 229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237 which includes all of the southeast plains except northern El Paso County... COZ227>237-261300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0023.211026T1800Z-211027T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0039.211026T1800Z-211027T0000Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 259 PM MDT Mon Oct 25 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon to 6 PM MDT Tuesday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 and 237. * Winds...Southwest 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Impacts...Rapid fire spread will be possible if a fire should start. 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. && $$ Hodanish
3 follow-up statements
023 WWUS85 KPUB 260949 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 349 AM MDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect from Noon until 6 PM MDT today for gusty winds, low humidity values and dry fuels for fire weather zones 227... 228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 235...236 and 237 which includes all of the southeast plains except northern El Paso County... COZ227>237-270000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0039.211026T1800Z-211027T0000Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 349 AM MDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 235...236 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 and 237. * Winds...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Impacts...Rapid fire spread will be possible if a fire should start. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
680 WWUS85 KPUB 262100 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 300 PM MDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 6 PM MDT today for gusty winds, low humidity values and dry fuels for fire weather zones 227... 228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 235...236 and 237 which includes all of the southeast plains except northern El Paso County... COZ227>237-270000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-211027T0000Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 300 PM MDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 227...228...229...230... 231...232...233...234...235...236 and 237. * Winds...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 percent. * Impacts...Rapid fire spread will be possible if a fire should start. 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. && $$
542 WWUS85 KPUB 262359 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 559 PM MDT Tue Oct 26 2021 COZ227>237-270100- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-211027T0000Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 559 PM MDT Tue Oct 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW HUMIDITY, AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227...228...229... 230...231...232...233...234...235...236 AND 237... Gusty westerly winds are continuing over the plains, which may cause isolated critical fire weather conditions, but the majority of the surface observations have relative humidity values greater than 15 percent, therefore the Red Flag Warning has been allowed to expire. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 4:04 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Conejos, Mineral, Rio Grande | 44 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2021Every red flag warning in 2021
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.