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Red Flag Warning 54, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Dec 22, 2021, 5:01 PM MST for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 119 min. 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 22, 2021, 5:01 PM MST (00:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 22, 2021, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 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
- 4498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 75 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
191 WWUS85 KPUB 230001 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 501 PM MST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...A Red Flag Warning has been extended until 7 PM today for gusty winds and low relative humidity for fire weather zones 229 which includes Huerfano County... COZ229-230200- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0053.000000T0000Z-211223T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0054.211223T0001Z-211223T0200Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- 501 PM MST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMDITY, AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 229... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR |GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMDITY, AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 229... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and dry fuels, which is in effect until 7 PM MST this evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 229. * Winds...West 15 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 7 percent. * Temperatures...Around 50. * 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. && $$ COZ221-222-230115- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0053.000000T0000Z-211223T0000Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 501 PM MST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMDITY, AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221 AND 222... Winds have calmed below Red Flag Warning threshold, there for the Red Flag Warning has been allowed to expire. $$
1 follow-up statement
375 WWUS85 KPUB 230150 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 650 PM MST Wed Dec 22 2021 COZ229-230300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0054.000000T0000Z-211223T0200Z/ Huerfano County Including Walsenburg- 650 PM MST Wed Dec 22 2021 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 229... Isolated critical fire weather conditions are still ongoing over Huerfano County, but the spatial extent does not warrant the continuation of a Red Flag Warning. In fact, near critical fire weather conditions will likely continue near the foothills of the southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains throughout the overnight, but RH values will increase over 15%. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 23, 4:02 AM MST | High Wind Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 7 more | 38 hr |
Nearby
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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.