Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2010
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Sep 19, 2010, 2:03 PM MDT for 22 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 20, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 19, 2010, 2:03 PM MDT (20:03 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 20, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 20, 2010, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 9 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
All 22 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, Grand County, CO, Jackson 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, Summit County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 4:38 PM MDT | NON-TSTM WND GST 62 | 3 Ene Gold Hill, CO | LEE HILL |
| Sep 20, 4:42 PM MDT | TSTM WND GST 75 | 6 W Berthoud, CO | CARTER LAKE |
| Sep 20, 5:30 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 6 Ne Nunn, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 3162 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
401 WWUS85 KBOU 192003 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 203 PM MDT SUN SEP 19 2010 ...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS... HIGHER VALLEYS...FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING. COZ211>218-238>251-201115- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0005.100920T1800Z-100921T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0013.100920T1800Z-100921T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 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- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 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- 203 PM MDT SUN SEP 19 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212... 213...214...215...216...217...218...238...239...240...241...242... 243...244...245...246...247...248...249...250 AND 251... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 211...GOULD...NORTH PARK... RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 212...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...PUMA HILLS... TARRYALL MOUNTAINS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 213...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE...GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS... KREMMLING...MIDDLE PARK...WILLIAMS FORK RESERVOIR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY... GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216... BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 217...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 218...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK... ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242... BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDTY WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. * HUMIDITY...5-10% * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. FIRES WILL IGNITE EASILY AND MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
952 WWUS85 KBOU 201007 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 407 AM MDT MON SEP 20 2010 ...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...HIGHER VALLEYS...FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE WILL ALSP BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE DRY AND PRODUCE LITTLE RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. COZ211>218-238>251-202200- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0013.100920T1800Z-100921T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 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- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 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- 407 AM MDT MON SEP 20 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212... 213...214...215...216...217...218...238... 239...240...241...242... 243...244...245...246...247...248... 249...250 AND 251... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 211...GOULD...NORTH PARK... RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 212...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS... KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...PUMA HILLS... TARRYALL MOUNTAINS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 213...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS... KREMMLING... MIDDLE PARK...WILLIAMS FORK RESERVOIR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214... ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY... GUFFEY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216... BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 217...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 218...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238... FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER... GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK... ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242... BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS... GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WEST OF INTERSTATE 25. * HUMIDITY...5-15% * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. FIRES WILL IGNITE EASILY AND MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. LIGHTING STRIKES OUTSIDE OF RAIN SHAFTS MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. && $$
007 WWUS85 KBOU 201849 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1249 PM MDT MON SEP 20 2010 ...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER THROUGH THIS EVENING... .VERY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH...BUT LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. COZ211>218-238>251-210300- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100921T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 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- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 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- 1249 PM MDT MON SEP 20 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211... 212...213...214...215...216...217...218...238... 239...240... 241...242... 243...244...245...246...247...248... 249...250 AND 251... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 211...GOULD...NORTH PARK... RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 212...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS... KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...PUMA HILLS... TARRYALL MOUNTAINS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 213...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND LAKE... GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS... KREMMLING... MIDDLE PARK...WILLIAMS FORK RESERVOIR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214... ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY... GUFFEY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216... BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 217... EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 218...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS... RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238... FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER... GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK... ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242... BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS... GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. THERE WILL ALSO BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS BUT LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. * WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. ON THE PLAINS...MOST GUSTS WILL RANGE BETWEEN 20 AND 30 MPH WITH A FEW GUSTS TO 40 MPH NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. * HUMIDITY...5-12 PERCENT ON THE PLAINS AND LOWER FOOTHILLS. 10-20 PERCENT IN THE MOUNTAINS...HIGH VALLEYS...AND FOOTHILLS ABOVE 8000 FEET. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH EXTREMELY DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. FIRES WILL IGNITE EASILY AND MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. LIGHTING STRIKES MAY ALSO PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. FIRE BANS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MANY LOCATIONS. OUTDOOR BURNING IS NOT RECOMMENDED. && $$ DB/TCD
076 WWUS85 KBOU 210322 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 922 PM MDT MON SEP 20 2010 COZ211>218-238>251-210430- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-100921T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 922 PM MDT MON SEP 20 2010 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY... AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211... 212...213... 214...215...216...217...218...238... 239...240... 241...242... 243...244...245...246...247...248... 249...250 AND 251... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND HUMIDITIES INCREASED THIS EVENING AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED. IT WILL STILL BE BREEZY IN SOME AREAS ON TUESDAY...BUT WINDS WILL BE LIGHTER AND HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER ON THE PLAINS. $$ GIMMESTAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 4:24 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 16 more | 10 hr |
Nearby
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2010Every red flag warning in 2010
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.