A wildfire which consumed around 700 acres began near railroad tracks and spread to the top of 8 Mile Hill. It prompted evacuations and burned several structures belonging to the Fremont County coroner, including her residence.
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A wildfire which consumed around 700 acres began near railroad tracks and spread to the top of 8 Mile Hill. It prompted evacuations and burned several structures belonging to the Fremont County coroner, including her residence. Many tourist attractions, including the Royal Gorge Bridge, were evacuated. Slightly fewer than 200 people fought the wildfire. Containment continued into July.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 21, 3:55 AM MST, 9 hours 5 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 455 AM MDT MON JUN 21 2010 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) ...HIGH FIRE DANGER CONTINUES WEST... ...ISOLATED SEVERE STORM POTENTIAL CONTINUES EAST... ...STILL HOT ALL AREAS... HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR TODAY WHERE CONDITIONS SIMILAR TO THE PAST FEW DAYS WILL REPEAT. A SOUTHWESTERLY UPPER LEVEL JET REMAINS OVERHEAD...CONTINUING A FEED OF HOT AND DRY AIR FROM THE DESERT SOUTHWEST. ONCE AGAIN TODAY... GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...SINGLE DIGIT HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL LEAD TO THE POTENTIAL FOR EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH. ANOTHER THREAT THAT WILL RETURN TODAY IS THE THREAT OF ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. A NUMBER OF BOUNDARIES FROM CONVECTION LAST EVENING HAVE PUSHED VERY HIGH DEWPOINT AIR INTO MUCH OF THE PLAINS...WITH MANY AREAS SEEING DEWS IN THE MID 50S TO MID 60S. BELIEVE THIS MOISTURE IS RATHER SHALLOW CLOSE TO THE MOUNTAINS BUT GETS DEEPER AS YOU HEAD EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS. THE PLAINS EAST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR WILL LIKELY HOLD ONTO ENOUGH MOISTURE FOR A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. THERE IS A POSSIBLE LOW LEVEL FOCUSING MECHANISM WITH MODELS INDICATING A WARM-FRONTAL PUSH NORTHWARD INTO THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE 21-00Z TIME FRAME...WITH CONVECTION FIRING ALONG AND NORTH OF THE BOUNDARY ACROSS BACA...EASTERN LAS ANIMAS...PROWERS... BENT AND KIOWA COUNTIES. ALSO...LOOKS LIKE AT LEAST ONE UPPER LEVEL SPEED MAX WILL MAKE ITS WAY ACROSS EASTERN COLORADO DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...WHICH SHOULD PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FORCING FOR CONVECTION. MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES ARE PRETTY STEEP...WITH PRE-CONVECTION VALUES RUNNING 8.5 TO 9.5C/KM. SO...BELIEVE THAT POTENTIAL FOR AT LEAST ELEVATED CONVECTION IS THERE...WITH PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. WITH THE APPROACHING UPPER JET...0-6KM BULK SHEAR VALUES ARE NOW PROGGED AT 35-50 KNOTS OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. SO...WITH A LITTLE BETTER SHEAR TO WORK WITH THAN YESTERDAY...THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER IS PROBABLY A LITTLE HIGHER THAN YESTERDAY. SPC CURRENTLY HAS THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS OUTLOOKED FOR A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TODAY AND THIS SEEMS REASONABLE AT THIS TIME. OTHERWISE...THE BIG WEATHER STORY TODAY CONTINUES TO BE THE HEAT. NOT QUITE AS WARM OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS AS YESTERDAY DUE TO THE HIGHER MOISTURE CONTENT OF THE AIR...BUT STILL WELL ABOVE AVERAGE. PLUS...THE INCREASED HUMIDITY TODAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY MAY ACTUALLY MAKE IT FEEL HOTTER. TEMPERATURES OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS SHOULD BE PRETTY CLOSE TO YESTERDAYS VALUES. LW .LONG TERM... (TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ...SLIGHT SHIFT IN THE WEATHER PATTERN FOR MIDWEEK... TUESDAY...SW FLOW ALOFT REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS FOR TUE...BUT THE PRESSURE GRADIENT RELAXES A BIT AND WINDS SHOULD LESSEN. NAM CONTINUES TO HIT THE PCPN CHANCES OVER THE E PLAINS...AND TAKING INTO ACCOUNT WHAT HAS HAPPENED THE PAST NIGHT NIGHTS FOR E CO...TEND TO BELIEVE IT. THEREFORE...ADJUSTED POPS OVER THE EAST FOR TUE AFTN AND EVE. LATEST NUMERICAL GUIDANCE CAME IN WARMER THAN ONGOING GRIDS...SO BUMPED THOSE UP A DEGREE OR TWO AS WELL. AS FOR FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS REMAIN AND THE UPPER JET IS FORECAST TO RESIDE OVER THE STATE FOR ONE MORE DAY...SO ONGOING WATCH LOOKS GOOD FOR NOW. WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...GFS AND NAM MODELS CONTINUE TO BRING A RATHER STRONG SURGE OF COOL AIR AND HIGHER MOISTURE FOR THE E PLAINS WED MORNING...WHICH SHOULD LAST THROUGH THURSDAY. THIS IS DUE TO THE BROAD UPPER RIDGE OVER TEXAS SHIFTING TO THE WEST SLIGHTLY. ENHANCED CLOUD COVER AND ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER FOR WED...THEN SLIGHT WARMING FOR THU...IS EXPECTED. BUMPED UP POPS A BIT...BUT MOST LIKELY POPS WILL HAVE TO BE INCREASED EVEN MORE. WITH REGARDS TO FIRE WEATHER AND THE MEDANO FIRE IN THE SLV...WEDNESDAY HOLDS THE BEST CHANCE OF COOLER MORE MOIST AIR SLOPPING OVER TO THE WEST SIDE AND PERHAPS HALTING...OR AT LEAST SLOWING...FIRE SPREAD. FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY...BRISK SW FLOW RETURNS ON FRI...THEN WEAKER ZONAL FLOW FOR SAT AND SUN. AGAIN...HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS RETURN WITH JUST THE POTENTIAL FOR DIURNAL ISOLATED CONVECTION. MOORE && .AVIATION... THIS MORNING...THERE IS A BIT OF IFR/LIFR STRATUS FROM EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY TO KIOWA COUNTY AND TO POINTS NORTH THIS MORNING. STRATUS IS ASSOCIATED WITH VERY HIGH DEWPOINT AIR IN THE 60S OVER THIS REGION. SHOULD SEE STRATUS DISSIPATE AROUND SUNRISE AS DAYTIME MIXING GETS UNDERWAY. MAY SEE A REPEAT OF PATCHY STRATUS DEVELOPMENT AGAIN TONIGHT AS SURFACE CONDITIONS ARE PROGGED TO REMAIN QUITE MOIST. OTHER PRIMARY AVIATION CONCERN IS FOR DIMINISHED FLYING CONDITIONS ASSOCIATED WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP OVER THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. COULD SEE LOCAL MVFR/IFR/LIFR CIGS/VSBYS ASSOCIATED WITH STORMS...ALONG WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. LW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ220>229. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR COZ220>229. && 50/27
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 646 AM MDT MON JUN 21 2010 COZ058>089-093>099-221300- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 646 AM MDT MON JUN 21 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HIGH FIRE DANGER EXISTS TODAY FOR ALL AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF THE I-25 CORRIDOR. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...HOT TEMPERATURES...AND DRY FUELS WILL RESULT IN A HIGH POTENTIAL FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PRIMARY STORM THREATS TODAY ARE EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY STRONG...WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS ON TUESDAY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE HAIL NEARING ONE INCH IN DIAMETER...BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...AND CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THEN...THERE WILL BE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY...WITH A FEW SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. HOT AND DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...ESSENTIALLY THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...THROUGH THE WEEK. THIS WILL BE ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT CONCERNING THE MEDANO FIRE...WHERE WINDS ARE FORECAST TO REMAIN STRONG AND GUSTY THROUGH TUESDAY. WEAKENING WINDS ARE EXPECTED FOR WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...THEN PERHAPS A RETURN TO CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN ON FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. 50/27
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1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
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