Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2024
Red Flag Warning 39, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at May 22, 2024, 2:57 PM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It took effect at May 23, 2024, 10:00 AM MDT. 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
- May 22, 2024, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 23, 2024, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- May 23, 2024, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 11 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:59 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 331 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
- 2572 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
594 WWUS85 KPUB 222057 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 257 PM MDT Wed May 22 2024 COZ225-231300- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0036.240523T1600Z-240524T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0039.240523T1600Z-240524T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0037.240524T1800Z-240525T0200Z/ Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 257 PM MDT Wed May 22 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR |FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... 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 9 PM MDT Thursday. A Fire Weather Watch has also been issued. This Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity is in effect from Friday afternoon through Friday evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 225. * Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 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. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$
3 follow-up statements
438 WWUS85 KPUB 230907 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 307 AM MDT Thu May 23 2024 COZ225-240115- /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.A.0038.240525T1700Z-240526T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0039.240523T1600Z-240524T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0037.240524T1800Z-240525T0200Z/ Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 307 AM MDT Thu May 23 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Saturday morning through Saturday evening. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 225. * Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 percent. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$ Hodanish
285 WWUS85 KPUB 232039 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 239 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024 COZ225-241245- /O.CAN.KPUB.FW.A.0037.240524T1800Z-240525T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-240524T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0038.240525T1700Z-240526T0200Z/ Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 239 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has cancelled the Fire Weather Watch for Friday. The warning for today until 9 pm mdt and the watch for Saturday remain in place. * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 225. * Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 12 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. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$
516 WWUS85 KPUB 240303 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 903 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024 COZ225-241915- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0039.000000T0000Z-240524T0300Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0038.240525T1700Z-240526T0200Z/ Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet Mountains/La Veta Pass- 903 PM MDT Thu May 23 2024 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 225... * Affected Area...Fire Weather Zone 225. * Winds...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph. * Relative Humidity...As low as 11 percent. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:27 PM MDT | Frost Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 14 hr |
| May 22, 3:16 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo, Saguache | 12 hr |
| May 22, 2:57 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo, Saguache | 24 hr |
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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.