consumed around 50 acres. and some animals.
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The episode as NWS PUB wrote it up.
The Navajo Fire...northwest of Cripple Creek...consumed around 50 acres. It forced the evacuation of 104 houses...and some animals. No structures were damaged or destroyed.
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 8, 4:20 AM MST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 520 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 .SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) CURRENTLY...UPPER TROUGH CONTINUED ACROSS THE WESTERN THIRD OF THE COUNTRY EARLY WED MORNING...WITH SW FLOW ALOFT FIRMLY IN PLACE OVER THE 4 CORNERS. SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATED CLEAR SKIES ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA...WITH A COUPLE OF HOTSPOTS FROM ONGOING WILDFIRES IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY SHOWING UP QUITE WELL ON THE 11-3.9 CHANNEL. COLD FRONT DROPPED DOWN THE EASTERN PLAINS LATE LAST NIGHT...WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 30S AND 40S PUSHING IN TO HELP MOISTEN UP THE LLVL...AT LEAST TEMPORARILY. BRISK N-NE WINDS EARLIER HAVE TRANSITIONED TO A MORE NW DIRECTION AS OF 4 AM. TODAY AND TONIGHT...TOUGH FORECAST TODAY WHEN TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE SPECIFICS. NAM AND GFS MODELS DO PICK UP ON THE W-NW SFC WINDS CURRENTLY HAPPENING...AND INDICATE THAT BY MIDDAY SFC WINDS SHOULD SWING AROUND AND BECOME EASTERLY. THIS WILL HELP SLOW WARMING TEMPS AND BRING IN SOME MORE MOIST AIR. HOWEVER...THE LOCATION OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN THE EAST WINDS...AND THE W-SW WINDS COMING OFF OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE...IS PROBLEMATIC. WHERE THE W-SW WINDS SET UP THERE WILL BE RAPID WARMING AND CONTINUED DRY CONDITIONS... FEEDING INTO THE HIGH FIRE DANGER. AFTER INGESTING LATEST MODEL DATA AND ASSUMING THAT THIS IS THE MOST ACCURATE ASSESSMENT...LOOKS LIKE KIOWA...BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES MIGHT BE TOO MOIST TO VERIFY THE RED FLAG. SINCE THE WARNING IS ALREADY OUT...WILL ALLOW THESE AREAS TO CONTINUE IN THE WARNING FOR THE TIME BEING. AS FOR POPS...MODELS WANT TO BREAK OUT ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER THE PALMER DVD THIS AFTN AND EVE...BEFORE SHIFTING THE FOCUS EAST TOWARDS THE CO/KS BORDER. NAM IS ALSO HINTING AT PERHAPS SOME ISOLATED STORMS DEVELOPING ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES INITIALLY THIS AFTN. ADJUSTED THE POPS GRIDS TO SHOW ISOLATED POPS ACROSS THE EAST THIS AFTN AND EVE...WITH THE FOCUS BEING THE PALMER DVD WITH SCATTERED POPS THIS EVE. LOOKING AT SEVERE PARAMETERS...A GOOD AMOUNT OF BULK SHEAR AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE...BUT MEAGER CAPE. LOOK FOR PATCHY FOG AND INCREASING LOW LEVEL CLOUDINESS FROM THE NE MOVING IN LATE THIS EVENING AS REINFORCING LLVL MOISTURE ADVECTS IN. MOORE .LONG TERM... (THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY) ...MEANDERING BOUNDARY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST THROUGH SATURDAY... THE 06Z RUN OF THE NAM12 HAS A BOUNDARY FIRMLY ENTRENCHED UP AGAINST THE MOUNTAINS THURSDAY MORNING...WHILE THE 06Z GFS40 HAS NO SUCH THING...JUST MORE DRY...WESTERLY FLOW SPREADING BACK ACROSS THE PLAINS. THE DETAILS OF THIS BOUNDARY HAVE EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE THUNDERSTORM AND SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE 06Z NAM12 IS STILL TARGETING THE PALMER DIVIDE LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING AS IN PREVIOUS RUNS...BUT IT ALSO HAS SOME ISOLATED ACTIVITY SPREADING SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GFS40 DOESN'T TARGET THE PALMER DIVIDE...BUT BRINGS MORE ACTIVITY SOUTH ACROSS THE PLAINS THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH A RESURGENCE OF THE BOUNDARY. HONESTLY...NOT SURE WHAT WILL HAPPEN...BUT CONCEPTUALLY...SEEMS THAT THE PALMER DIVIDE HAS THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR SOMETHING HAPPENING LATE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING. THE AIRMASS OVER THE PLAINS LOOKS PRETTY STABLE...SO IT MAY TAKE THE HIGHER TERRAIN ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE TO BREAK THE CAP. ADDITIONALLY...THE BOUNDARY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE THE MOST ORGANIZED ALONG THE PALMER...CREATING THE POTENTIAL FOR THE BEST LIFT...MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND SHEAR. FARTHER SOUTH...CONVECTION LOOKS LESS LIKELY. THE AIRMASS LOOKS MORE STABLE...LESS MOIST AND THE BOUNDARY LOOKS DIFFUSE. SO...WILL NEED A TRIGGER...POSSIBILITY CONVECTION OCCURRING FARTHER TO THE NORTH...TO GET THINGS GOING. COULD HAPPEN...BUT ALL HAS TO COME TOGETHER JUST RIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SOME ISOLATED SEVERE CONVECTION WILL REMAIN OVER THE PLAINS RIGHT ON THROUGH SATURDAY...UNTIL THE BOUNDARY FINALLY CLEARS OUT OF HERE ON SUNDAY. THEN SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOOKS LIKE MORE HOT AND DRY SOUTHWEST FLOW. THERE COULD BE SOME BOUNDARY ACTIVITY OVER THE PLAINS AT TIMES...AS INDICATED BY THE GFS...BUT IT LOOKS LIKE CONVECTION WILL FOR THE MOST PART REMAIN EITHER NORTH OR EAST OF THE AREA. LW && .AVIATION... VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA FOR THE NEXT 24 HRS. ISOLATED CONVECTION THIS AFTN AND EVENING COULD PRODUCE GUSTY ERRATIC WINDS...WITH THE FOCUS AREA AND TIME FRAME BEING OVER THE PALMER DVD BETWEEN 21Z AND 03Z TONIGHT. && .FIRE WEATHER... A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS TODAY FROM NOON UNTIL UNTIL 9 PM. A BIT QUESTIONABLE ON MINIMUM RH ALONG THE CO/KS BORDER...ESPECIALLY KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES...BUT SINCE THE WARNING IS ALREADY OUT WILL MAINTAIN. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHEASTERN MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...FIRE ZONES 224...225...229 AND 230...FOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVE DUE TO EXISTING DRY CONDITIONS...LOW MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY... PARTS OF THE PLAINS MAY SEE A REPRIEVE IN THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT DUE TO HIGHER HUMIDITY AIR. HOWEVER...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN OR SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE PLAINS MAY STILL BE AT CRITICAL LEVELS. THEN...FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY... IT LOOKS WIDESPREAD FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS EVERYWHERE AGAIN. MM/LW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ221-222-224>237. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR COZ224-225-229-230. && 27/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 649 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 COZ058>089-093>099-091300- 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- 649 AM MDT WED JUN 8 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS AND EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE. THE FOCUS AREA FOR STORMS WILL BE ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WOULD APPEAR TO BE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND LIGHTNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS TODAY. A COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FIRE STARTS...EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID RATES OF FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW POSSIBLY SEVERE...WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...MAINLY NORTH OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER...AND ESPECIALLY ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY AND THE PALMER DIVIDE. PRIMARY STORM THREATS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND LIGHTNING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS ON THURSDAY DUE TO A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...PARTS OF THE PLAINS MAY SEE A REPRIEVE IN THE FIRE WEATHER THREAT AS HIGHER HUMIDITY AIR MOVES IN BEHIND A BOUNDARY. THEN...SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...IT LOOKS LIKE WIDESPREAD FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS WILL OVERSPREAD THE ENTIRE REGION AGAIN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 27/50
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 wildfire. Local standard time, as filed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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