Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 40, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Nov 6, 2021, 12:40 PM MDT for Baca County, Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 5 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
- Nov 6, 2021, 12:40 PM MDT (18:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Nov 6, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 276 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
- 3506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
119 WWUS85 KPUB 061840 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1240 PM MDT Sat Nov 6 2021 ...A RED FLAG WARNING has been issued through 6 PM MDT this evening for gusty winds and low humidity values for fire weather zones 229...233 AND 237 which includes Huerfano, Eastern Las Animas, and Baca counties... COZ229-233-237-070000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0040.211106T1840Z-211107T0000Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 1240 PM MDT Sat Nov 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...233 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 until 6 PM MDT this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 229...233 and 237. * Winds...South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 7 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
375 WWUS85 KPUB 062106 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 306 PM MDT Sat Nov 6 2021 ...A RED FLAG WARNING has been issued through 6 PM MDT this evening for gusty winds and low humidity values for fire weather zones 229...233 AND 237 which includes Huerfano, Eastern Las Animas, and Baca counties... COZ229-233-237-070000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-211107T0000Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 306 PM MDT Sat Nov 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...233 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 229...233 and 237. * Winds...West to Southwest for zone 229, and South to southwest for zones 233 and 237, of 10 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 8 percent. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
635 WWUS85 KPUB 062128 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED National Weather Service Pueblo CO 328 PM MDT Sat Nov 6 2021 ...A RED FLAG WARNING remains in effect until 6 PM MDT this evening for gusty winds and low humidity values for fire weather zones 229...233 AND 237 which includes Huerfano, Eastern Las Animas, and Baca counties... COZ229-233-237-070000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-211107T0000Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 328 PM MDT Sat Nov 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...233 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 229...233 and 237. * Winds...West to Southwest for zone 229, and South to southwest for zones 233 and 237, of 10 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 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. && $$
204 WWUS85 KPUB 062344 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 544 PM MDT Sat Nov 6 2021 ...The Red Flag warning for Huerfano county, eastern Las Animas county and Baca county, fire weather zones 229, 233 and 237 will expire at 6 pm this evening... COZ229-233-237-070045- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0040.000000T0000Z-211107T0000Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 544 PM MDT Sat Nov 6 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...233 AND 237... Winds will decrease and humidity values will gradually increase. $$ Hodanish
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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.