Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2009
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Feb 5, 2009, 2:08 PM MST for 19 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Feb 6, 2009, 9:00 AM MST. It was in force for 10 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
- Feb 5, 2009, 2:08 PM MST (21:08 UTC)
- In effect from
- Feb 6, 2009, 9:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Feb 6, 2009, 7:11 PM MST
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 99 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
- 4926 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 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 052108 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 208 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS FRIDAY... .VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FRIDAY OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL INCREASE THE WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF I-70. THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COME TO AN END SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. COZ239>241-245>247-060515- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0003.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 208 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO SOUTH OF I-70... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 40 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO SOUTH OF I-70 ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 8 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. 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. $$ COZ238-242>244-248>251-060515- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0001.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN... WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS... GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 208 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO NORTH OF I-70... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO NORTH OF I-70 ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 13 TO 18 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE BREEZY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$
7 follow-up statements
000 WWUS85 KBOU 052129 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 229 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS FRIDAY... .VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FRIDAY OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL INCREASE THE WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST HUMIDITIES WILL OCCUR MAINLY SOUTH OF I-70. THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COME TO AN END SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. COZ216-060500- /O.EXA.KBOU.FW.W.0003.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK 229 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 40 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO SOUTH OF I-70 ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 8 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. 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. $$ COZ239>241-245>247-060500- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 229 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 40 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO SOUTH OF I-70 ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 8 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. $$ COZ215-060500- /O.EXA.KBOU.FW.A.0001.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES 229 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO NORTH OF I-70 ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 13 TO 18 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE BREEZY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ COZ238-242>244-248>251-060500- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0001.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN... WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS... GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...AMHERST... HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 229 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO NORTH OF I-70 ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 13 TO 18 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE BREEZY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$
000 WWUS85 KBOU 060316 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 816 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS FRIDAY... .VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FRIDAY OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL INCREASE THE WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR. THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COME TO AN END SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY. COZ216-239>241-245>247-061130- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK... ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 816 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 216...239...240...241...245... 246...AND 247. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 40 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 8 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. 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. $$ COZ215-238-242>244-248>251-061130- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0001.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...BRIGGSDALE... EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 816 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS CLOSER TO THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...238...242... 243...244...248...249...250..AND 251. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 13 TO 18 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE BREEZY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$ BARJENBRUCH
000 WWUS85 KBOU 060549 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1049 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS FRIDAY... .VERY DRY AIR WILL REMAIN IN PLACE FRIDAY OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVING ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES WILL INCREASE THE WINDS AT THE SURFACE AND ALOFT. BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON...WESTERLY WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH. THE STRONGEST WINDS AND LOWEST HUMIDITIES CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR. THE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL COME TO AN END SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET FRIDAY. COZ216-239>241-245>247-061400- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK... ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1049 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE I-70 CORRIDOR FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MST FRIDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 216...239...240...241...245... 246...AND 247. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 40 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 ON FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 8 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. 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. $$ COZ215-238-242>244-248>251-061400- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0001.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...BRIGGSDALE... EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 1049 PM MST THU FEB 5 2009 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR THE NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS CLOSER TO THE WYOMING AND NEBRASKA BORDERS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...238...242... 243...244...248...249...250..AND 251. WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS REACHING 35 MPH WILL SPREAD ACROSS THE NORTHERN FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO FRIDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 13 TO 18 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE COMBINATION OF THE BREEZY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL POSSIBLY CAUSE RED FLAG CONDITIONS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. $$
000 WWUS85 KBOU 061156 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 456 AM MST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS TODAY... .VERY DRY AIR WILL COMBINE WITH STRONG WINDS TO PRODUCE INCREASED FIRE DANGER OVER THE FOOTHILLS AND PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO TODAY. WINDS WILL GUST AS HIGH AS 40 MPH ON THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS. MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE ON THE PLAINS AROUND SUNSET...WITH WARM AND BREEZY CONDITIONS LINGERING IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. COZ215-238-242>244-248>251-062000- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0001.090206T1800Z-090207T0200Z/ /O.EXB.KBOU.FW.W.0003.090206T1600Z-090207T0400Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...BRIGGSDALE... EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 456 AM MST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE PLAINS AND FOOTHILLS AREAS OF EASTERN COLORADO...INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 235...236...AND 238 THROUGH 251. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND WYOMING BORDER THIS MORNING AND ACROSS ALL OF THE PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF THE BREEZY CONDITIONS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER THIS AFTERNOON. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. 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. $$ COZ216-239>241-245>247-062000- /O.EXT.KBOU.FW.W.0003.090206T1600Z-090207T0400Z/ JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN... IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK... ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA... BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT... HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT... FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 456 AM MST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MST THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR ALL OF THE PLAINS AND FOOTHILLS AREAS OF EASTERN COLORADO... INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 235...236...AND 238 THROUGH 251. WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BECOME WIDESPREAD IN AND NEAR THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING...AND SPREAD ACROSS THE PLAINS BY AFTERNOON. GUSTS AS HIGH AS 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE 8 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THE COMBINATION OF THE GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DECREASE AND THE RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE THIS EVENING. 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. $$ GIMMESTAD
000 WWUS85 KBOU 062022 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 122 PM MST FRI FEB 6 2009 COZ215-216-238>251-070400- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090207T0400Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE... TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN... LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 122 PM MST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AND THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215..216..238..239..240..241.. 242..243..244..245..246..247..248..248..249..250 AND 251. VERY DRY FUELS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A RED FLAG WARNING FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AND THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH AND GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 5 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS FROM THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS EAST TO THE KANSAS BORDER. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE NOT LONG AFTER SUNSET ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE AND AROUND MID-EVENING UP ALONG THE FRONT RANGE AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. 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. $$ BAKER
000 WWUS85 KBOU 062254 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 354 PM MST FRI FEB 6 2009 COZ215-216-238>251-070400- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090207T0400Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE... TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN... LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 354 PM MST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AND THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215..216..238..239..240..241..242..243.. 244..245..246..247..248..249..250 AND 251. WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL COMBINE WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE TO PRODUCE CRITICAL WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY IMPROVE LATER THIS EVENING AS WIND SPEEDS DECREASE...TEMPERATURES FALL AND HUMIDITIES RISE. THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE WILL LIKELY BE THE LAST AREAS TO SEE THESE IMPROVING CONDITIONS. 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. $$ MRB
000 WWUS85 KBOU 070211 RFWBOU RED FLAG WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 711 PM MST FRI FEB 6 2009 COZ215-216-238>251-070315- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-090207T0400Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE... TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND... NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN... LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES... RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS... DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER... KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING... PEETZ...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...JULESBURG...OVID... SEDGWICK...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE 711 PM MST FRI FEB 6 2009 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED TO AROUND 10 MPH IN MOST LOCATIONS AND RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS HAVE INCREASED TO AROUND 30 PERCENT. $$ BARJENBRUCH
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this red flag warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this red flag warning went out at Feb 5, 3:55 AM MST, 10 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 5, 3:55 AM MST, 10 hours 13 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 355 AM MST THU FEB 5 2009 .SHORT TERM...SOME THIN HIGH CLOUDINESS WILL BE COMING OVER THE AREA TODAY...THOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF IT SHOULD BE DISSIPATING AS IT SEEPS THROUGH THE RIDGE AXIS. OTHERWISE VERY DRY AIR. PRECIPITABLE WATER DOWN TO 0.03 INCH NOW OVER BOULDER. MODELS ACTUALLY SHOWING A LITTLE COOLING IN THE LOW LEVELS TODAY...I DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF CONFIDENCE IN THIS BUT WITH THE LIGHT WINDS AND PROBABLY NOT ADDITIONAL WARMING...I WILL BACK AWAY FROM THE FEW DEGREES OF WARMING OVER YESTERDAYS HIGHS AND GO WITH READINGS ABOUT THE SAME. FOR THURSDAY NIGHT...CLOUD COVER SHOULD THICKEN UP A BIT AT LEAST OVER THE MOUNTAINS. ANY SERIOUS LIFT OR MOISTURE SHOULD NOT ARRIVE UNTIL SATURDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL BE VERY LOW TODAY...ALREADY IN THE 10 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE IN THE LOWER FOOTHILLS. HOWEVER WINDS SPEEDS WILL GENERALLY BE LIGHT. WHAT LITTLE FUELS INFORMATION WE HAVE SHOWS PRETTY DRY CONDITIONS IN THE FOOTHILLS...SO THERE MAY BE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER MAINLY THIS MORNING AND AGAIN TONIGHT WITH THE DIURNAL DOWNSLOPE TREND. SITUATION DOES NOT APPEAR TO MERIT A RED FLAG WARNING HOWEVER. .LONG TERM...SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS OVER THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY MORNING...AFTER A WEAK TROUGH MOVES OVER...MORE WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT IS PROGGED LATER IN THE DAY. BY FRIDAY EVENING A WEST- SOUTHWESTERLY JET MAXIMUM IS OVER THE FORECAST AREA. A BROAD SOUTHWESTERLY JET MAX STAYS OVER COLORADO SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT. ALL THAT TIME AN UPPER CLOSED LOW IS PROGGED TO MOVE SLOWLY ASHORE OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY MID DAY SATURDAY AND GET INTO THE SOUTHERN GREAT BASIN BY SUNDAY MORNING. THERE IS WEAK UPWARD MOTION FOR THE FORECAST AREA FRIDAY MORNING...FOLLOWED BY DOWNWARD VERTICAL VELOCITY FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO SATURDAY MORNING. AFTER THAT...UPWARD MOTION IS PROGGED IN THE SYNOPTIC SCALE. LOW LEVEL TROUGHING IS PROGGED TO CONTINUE FRIDAY AND FRIDAY EVENING WITH A BIT OF DOWNSLOPING TO THE NORMAL DIURNAL FLOW IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER. BY LATER FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING...THE GRADIENT OVER THE FORECAST AREA IS VERY WEAK. A COOLER SURGE OF AIR AND UPSLOPE GETS INTO THE FORECAST AREA SATURDAY AFTERNOON. THE UPSLOPE GETS PRETTY GOOD SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. FOR MOISTURE...THERE IS LITTLE OVER THE PLAINS FRIDAY. MOISTURE INCREASES SIGNIFICANTLY THROUGH THE DAY FRIDAY AND CONTINUES INTO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING FOR THE MOUNTAINS. THE PLAINS STAY PRETTY DRY FRIDAY NIGHT...JUST A BIT OF UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE. ON SATURDAY...BOTH MID AND UPPER LEVEL MOISTURE INCREASES OVER THE PLAINS THROUGH THE DAY...BUT THE LOW LEVELS STAY DRY. FOR THE MOUNTAINS...THE MOISTURE DRIES OUT INTO EARLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...THEN INCREASES AGAIN. ON SATURDAY NIGHT...THE PLAINS GRADUALLY MOISTEN UP THROUGH THE NIGHT...THE MOUNTAINS HAVE PRETTY DECENT MOISTURE OVER THEM. THE QPF FIELDS BRINGS MEASURABLE SNOWFALL INTO THE HIGH MOUNTAIN ZONES BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE OVERNIGHT. THERE IS A BIT ON SATURDAY...AND BY LATE SATURDAY NIGHT MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION IS OVER THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS...AND ADJACENT PLAINS. FOR MOUNTAIN POPS ...THERE IS PRETTY DEEP MOISTURE...UPWARD MOTION...AND FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE RATES FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. LACKING IS COLD AIR ADVECTION AND FAVORABLE MOUNTAIN TOP FLOW FOR ENHANCEMENT OF THE OROGRAPHICS. A "CHANCE" OF SNOW BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON STILL LOOKS GOOD..."LIKELY"S FRIDAY NIGHT LOOK GOOD TOO. ACCUMULATIONS DO NOT LOOK SIGNIFICANT. WILL DECREASE POPS QUITE A BIT SATURDAY WITH ...VERY POOR LAPSE...DOWNWARD MOTION...DECREASING MOISTURE...AND A BIT OF WARM AIR ADVECTION. BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WILL GET POPS GOING AGAIN IN THE MOUNTAINS...FAVORING THE EASTERN SLOPES THIS TIME WITH EAST-SOUTHEASTERLY MOUNTAIN TOP FLOW INTO SUNDAY MORNING. NEED MUCH HIGHER POPS IN PARK COUNTY ZONE 37 WITH THAT DIRECTION OF BOUNDARY LAYER FLOW IN MIND. FOR PLAINS POPS...NOTHING THROUGH EVENING SATURDAY...THEN WILL GO WITH 10-30%S THE REST OF THE SATURDAY NIGHT...BEST OVER THE WESTERN PLAINS. WILL GO WITH 40%S IN THE FOOTHILLS AFTER MIDNIGHT SATURDAY NIGHT. FOR TEMPERATURES... FRIDAY'S HIGHS COOL OFF 2-4 C FROM TODAY'S HIGHS. SATURDAY'S COOL OFF 0-3 C MORE. FOR THE LATER DAYS...SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THE MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW THE SOUTHWESTERN U.S. CLOSED LOW WEAKENING AND MOVING OVER COLORADO AS AN OPEN TROUGH LATE SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT. THERE IS STILL A BIT BRIEF UPPER RIDGING MONDAY... THEN A STRONGER UPPER TROUGH/CLOSED LOW MOVES OVER THE CWA ON TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE TIMING OF THIS SECOND TROUGH DIFFERS ON THE GFS AND ECMWF. BY WEDNESDAY THE GFS HAS A DECENT UPPER RIDGE MOVING OVER THE CWA...WITH THE ECMWF SHOWING THE FEATURE MUCH WEAKER. WILL CHANGE NOTHING FROM SUNDAY ON. && .AVIATION...VFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME UNCERTAINTY ON THE WIND DIRECTION THIS AFTERNOON...BUT SPEEDS WILL BE LIGHT. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE. GIMMESTAD/RJK
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 5, 10:59 AM MST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1059 AM MST THU FEB 05 2009 COZ030>051-061300- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/ SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/ EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1059 AM MST THU FEB 05 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SNOW AND COLDER TEMPERATURES RETURN TO THE COLORADO HIGH COUNTRY ON FRIDAY WITH PASSAGE OF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL WEATHER DISTURBANCE. HOWEVER IT IS NOT UNTIL THE WEEKEND WHEN SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL MAY COME TO THE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS. THIS SAME STORM SYSTEM MAY ALSO BRING RAIN AND SNOW TO LOWER ELEVATIONS ON SUNDAY. HOWEVER WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES REMAINING ABOVE FREEZING SNOW ACCUMULATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. YET ANOTHER EVEN STRONGER PACIFIC STORM IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS THE FORECAST REGION EARLY NEXT NEXT. THIS STORM BARES WATCHING AS THE CENTER OF THIS ONE MAY PASS OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO WHICH WOULD PLACE PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO IN A FAVORABLE UPSLOPE POSITION TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. MEIER/BAKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 5, 2:08 PM MST | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Boulder, Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more | 15 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.