Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2008
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 12, 2008, 12:19 PM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 9 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
- Jun 12, 2008, 12:19 PM MDT (18:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2008, 8:55 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Park County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:21 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 2683 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 118 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WWUS85 KBOU 121819 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1219 PM MDT THU JUN 12 2008 COZ214-216-241-130230- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0013.080612T1819Z-080613T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE... TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 1219 PM MDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PARK COUNTY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF PARK COUNTY AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS THE AREA EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITY HAD DROPPED TO NEAR 10 PERCENT. THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING. THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE DRY FUELS TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID GROWTH OF ANY WILDFIRES. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ LESZCYNSKI
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KBOU 122202 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 402 PM MDT THU JUN 12 2008 COZ214-216-241-130300- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080613T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE... TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 402 PM MDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR PORTIONS OF THE PALMER DIVIDE AND PARK COUNTY AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS FOR GUSTY WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY ... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THIS WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF PARK COUNTY AND THE PALMER DIVIDE AS WELL AS THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH SOME GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN ADDITION... RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL REMAIN AROUND 10 PERCENT. THESE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL COMBINE WITH THE DRY FUELS TO PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR AND RAPID GROWTH OF ANY WILDFIRES. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY 2100 AS WINDS DECREASE AND HUMIDITY READINGS BEGIN TO INCREASE. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ LESZCYNSKI
000 WWUS85 KBOU 130255 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 855 PM MDT THU JUN 12 2008 COZ214-216-241-130400- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080613T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE... TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR 855 PM MDT THU JUN 12 2008 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE STEADILY DECREASED THIS EVENING OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE... SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PARK COUNTY. $$ RTG
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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.