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Fire Weather Watch 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

April 7, 201118 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this fire weather watch at Apr 7, 2011, 2:47 PM MDT for 18 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 9, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 7, 2011, 2:47 PM MDT (20:47 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 9, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 8, 2011, 2:01 PM MDT
In force
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, 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 20:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Apr 7, 12:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 12:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 7, 2:47 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 7 more29 hr
Apr 7, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe34 min
Apr 7, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe23 min
Apr 7, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams30 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.