Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2021
Red Flag Warning 51, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Dec 15, 2021, 10:34 PM MST for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Dec 16, 2021, 10:00 AM MST. It was in force for 11 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
- Dec 15, 2021, 10:34 PM MST (05:34 UTC)
- In effect from
- Dec 16, 2021, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Dec 16, 2021, 9:00 PM MST
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:38 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, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 3019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 73 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 84 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
781 WWUS85 KPUB 160534 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1034 PM MST Wed Dec 15 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning has been issued for Thursday from 10 AM to 7 PM for gusty winds and low humidity for fire weather zones 229, 230, and 233, which includes Las Animas and Huerfano Counties... COZ229-230-233-162130- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0051.211216T1700Z-211217T0200Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- 1034 PM MST Wed Dec 15 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 7 PM MST THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 10 AM to 7 PM MST Thursday. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 229...230 and 233. * Winds...South 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. * Impacts... Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. 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. && $$
5 follow-up statements
717 WWUS85 KPUB 161043 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 343 AM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning is in effect Today from 10 AM to 7 PM for gusty winds and low humidity for fire weather zones 229, 230, and 233, which includes Huerfano county and the lower elevations of Las Animas county. COZ229-230-233-170200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0051.211216T1700Z-211217T0200Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- 343 AM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 229...230 and 233. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 percent. * Impacts... Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$ Hodanish
144 WWUS85 KPUB 162201 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 301 PM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 7 PM for gusty winds and low humidity for fire weather zones 229, 230, and 233, which includes Huerfano county and the lower elevations of Las Animas county. COZ229-230-233-170200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0051.000000T0000Z-211217T0200Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- 301 PM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 229...230 and 233. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 7 percent. * Impacts... Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. 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. && $$
438 WWUS85 KPUB 162204 CCA RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED National Weather Service Pueblo CO 304 PM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect until 7 PM for gusty winds and low humidity for fire weather zones 229, 230, and 233, which includes Huerfano county and the lower elevations of Las Animas County... COZ229-230-233-170200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0051.000000T0000Z-211217T0200Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- 304 PM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 229...230 and 233. * Winds...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 35 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 7 percent. * Impacts... Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
809 WWUS85 KPUB 170149 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 649 PM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 ...The Red Flag Warning has been extended until 9 PM for gusty winds and low humidity for fire weather zones 229, 230, and 233, which includes Huerfano county and the lower elevations of Las Animas County... COZ229-230-233-170400- /O.EXT.KPUB.FW.W.0051.000000T0000Z-211217T0400Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- 649 PM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 229...230 and 233. * Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 7 percent. * Impacts... Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread. 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. && $$
998 WWUS85 KPUB 170334 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 834 PM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 COZ229-230-233-170445- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0051.000000T0000Z-211217T0400Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- 834 PM MST Thu Dec 16 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 229...230 AND 233... Winds will continue to lessen and humidities will continue to rise this evening, therefore, conditions warranting a Red Flag Warning are no longer present, and will allow for it to expire. $$
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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.