Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Feb 26, 2021, 2:45 PM MST for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 27, 2021, 11:00 AM 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
- Feb 26, 2021, 2:45 PM MST (21:45 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 27, 2021, 11:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 27, 2021, 5:00 PM MST
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 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 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 79 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
355 WWUS85 KPUB 262145 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 245 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from 11 am to 5 pm mst Saturday for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 233 through 237, which includes eastern Las Animas, Kiowa, Bent, Prowers and Baca Counties... COZ233>237-271345- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0005.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/ 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- 245 PM MST Fri Feb 26 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 5 PM MST SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 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 11 AM to 5 PM MST Saturday. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 233...234...235...236 and 237. * Winds...West to Northwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread Saturday 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
169 WWUS85 KPUB 271103 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 403 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued from 11 AM to 5 PM MST Saturday for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 230, 232, 233 through 237, which includes Las Animas, Otero Kiowa, Bent, Prowers and Baca Counties... COZ230-232-280000- /O.EXA.KPUB.FW.W.0005.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- 403 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230 AND 232... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 11 AM this morning to 5 PM MST this afternoon. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 230 and 232. * Winds...West 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 55 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread Saturday afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ COZ233>237-280000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0005.210227T1800Z-210228T0000Z/ 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- 403 AM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 233...234...235...236 AND 237... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 233...234...235...236 and 237. * Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread Saturday 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. && $$
927 WWUS85 KPUB 272205 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 305 PM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 5 PM MST this afternoon for gusty winds, low relative humidity and dry fuels for fire weather zones 230, 232, 233 through 237, which includes Las Animas, Otero Kiowa, Bent, Prowers and Baca Counties... COZ230-232>237-280000- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210228T0000Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 305 PM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230 AND 232... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 230...232...233...234... 235...236 and 237. * Winds...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 9 percent. * Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread Saturday afternoon. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
742 WWUS85 KPUB 272355 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 455 PM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...Red Flag Warning will expire at 5 PM MST... COZ230-232>237-280100- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210228T0000Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- 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- 455 PM MST Sat Feb 27 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230...232...233... 234...235...236 AND 237... Winds will remain breezy through the early evening. However, rapidly cooling temperatures and increasing relative humidity will drastically decrease fire danger. Therefore, the Red Flag Warning will be allowed to expire. $$
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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.