3 products issued by NWS for:
Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 811 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM 11 AM THROUGH 8 PM THURSDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO... PUEBLO... HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ220>230-201815- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0027.130620T1700Z-130621T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0020.130621T1600Z-130622T0200Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 811 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224...225...226... 227...228...229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 4 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID FIRE STARTS. FUELS ARE DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. * HAINES...6. 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. && $$
Fire Weather Watch
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 811 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM 11 AM THROUGH 8 PM THURSDAY...FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE...SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO... PUEBLO... HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... ...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...HIGH HAINES AND DRY FUELS FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220 THROUGH 230...WHICH INCLUDES THE MOUNTAINS OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE... SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS...AND EL PASO...PUEBLO... HUERFANO...FREMONT...AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES... COZ220>230-201815- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0027.130620T1700Z-130621T0200Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0020.130621T1600Z-130622T0200Z/ UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY-TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE- FREMONT COUNTY-EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS- SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY- SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-PUEBLO COUNTY-HUERFANO COUNTY- WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY- 811 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224...225...226... 227...228...229 AND 230... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229 AND 230. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 4 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...FIRES WILL EXHIBIT EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO AVOID FIRE STARTS. FUELS ARE DRY IN THESE AREAS AND FIRE WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY. * HAINES...6. 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. && $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1107 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 COZ058>089-093>099-201715- 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- 1107 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ONE OR TWO THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS EAST OF I-25. THE ATMOSPHERE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS LATER TODAY IS EXPECTED TO BECOME VERY UNSTABLE...HOWEVER THERE WILL BE A RATHER STRONG CAP OVER THE PLAINS. THE LIKELIHOOD OF A THUNDERSTORM TODAY IS QUITE LOW...BUT IF A STORM WERE TO INITIATE...IT WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME QUITE SEVERE...WITH VERY LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS. A TORNADO WOULD BE POSSIBLE. OVER THE MOUNTAINS...VALLEYS...AND I-25 CORRIDOR...METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON. IF A FIRE WERE TO DEVELOP...IT WOULD HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN COLORADO THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THE MOST DANGEROUS CONDITIONS WILL BE WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR WHERE FUELS ARE MOST CRITICAL. WHILE CONDITIONS WILL BE DANGEROUS ON THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS...FUELS ARE LISTED AS NON-CRITICAL AND WILL HAVE TO BE MONITORED FOR CURING FUELS. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED ACROSS THE WHOLE AREA WITH REGARDS TO OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THAT INVOLVE FIRE. HIGH FIRE DANGER WILL CONTINUE OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE INTO THE SAN LUIS VALLEY SUNDAY AND MONDAY WHERE STRONG WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY VALUES WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR SOUTHEAST PLAINS ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HOWEVER CONFIDENCE IN OCCURRENCE IS VERY LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT OVER THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS. $$ 81/31