Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 42, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Nov 10, 2021, 3:46 AM MST for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It took effect at Nov 10, 2021, 12:00 PM MST. 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
- Nov 10, 2021, 3:46 AM MST (10:46 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 10, 2021, 12:00 PM MST
- Expired
- Nov 10, 2021, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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
- 2158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
071 WWUS85 KPUB 101046 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 346 AM MST Wed Nov 10 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from Noon until 6 PM Today for gusty winds and low relative humidity values for fire weather zones 227 and 228, winch includes southern El Paso and Pueblo counties... COZ227-228-110100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0042.211110T1900Z-211111T0100Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- 346 AM MST Wed Nov 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 AND 228... 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 today to 6 PM MST this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 227 and 228. * Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 13 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire growth and spread this afternoon. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
138 WWUS85 KPUB 102143 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 243 PM MST Wed Nov 10 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 6 PM Today for gusty winds and low relative humidity values for fire weather zones 227 and 228, winch includes southern El Paso and Pueblo counties... COZ227-228-110100- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0042.000000T0000Z-211111T0100Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- 243 PM MST Wed Nov 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 AND 228... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 227 and 228. * Winds...Northwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 15 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid fire growth and spread this afternoon and early this evening. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
984 WWUS85 KPUB 110056 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 556 PM MST Wed Nov 10 2021 COZ227-228-110200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0042.000000T0000Z-211111T0100Z/ Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo- 556 PM MST Wed Nov 10 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227 AND 228... Winds will remain gusty at times this evening, though RH values will continue to improve. $$
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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.