Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 7, 2011, 2:47 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 8, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 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
- Apr 7, 2011, 2:47 PM MDT (20:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 8, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 8, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 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, Lincoln County, CO, Park County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:50 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 134 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
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
071 WWUS85 KBOU 072047 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 247 PM MDT THU APR 7 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES ON THE SURFACE. THIS WILL CREATE HIGH FIRE DANGER ALONG THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...THEN SPREAD NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY TO INCLUDE THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS... COZ214-216-239>241-245>247-249-080900- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0008.110408T1800Z-110409T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0013.110408T1800Z-110409T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 247 PM MDT THU APR 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...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 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 249... AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AROUND NOON TIME ON FRIDAY CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY OCCUR AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH FRIDAY. SATURDAY COULD SEE SLIGHTLY STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY DRIER. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. 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. && $$ COZ242>244-248-250-251-080900- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 247 PM MDT THU APR 7 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AROUND NOON TIME SATURDAY CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$
4 follow-up statements
493 WWUS85 KBOU 080302 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 902 PM MDT THU APR 7 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES FRIDAY AND SATURDAY WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS FROM DENVER EAST TOWARD AKRON AND LIMON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL THEN LIKELY SPREADING NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. COZ214-216-239>241-245>247-249-081515- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0013.110408T1800Z-110409T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 902 PM MDT THU APR 7 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216...239...240...241...245...246...247 AND 249... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216...239...240...241...245...246... 247 AND 249... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...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 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 249... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AROUND NOON TIME ON FRIDAY CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY EVENING. STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY OCCUR AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH FRIDAY. SATURDAY COULD SEE SLIGHTLY STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY DRIER. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. 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. && $$ COZ242>244-248-250-251-081515- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 902 PM MDT THU APR 7 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 242...243...244...248...250 AND 251... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AROUND NOON TIME SATURDAY CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
910 WWUS85 KBOU 081026 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 426 AM MDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES TODAY AND SATURDAY WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS FROM DENVER EAST TOWARD AKRON AND LIMON THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL THEN LIKELY SPREADING NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. COZ214-216-239>241-245>247-249-082230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0013.110408T1800Z-110409T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 426 AM MDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216...239...240...241...245...246...247 AND 249...... FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216...239...240...241...245...246... 247 AND 249... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216...239...240...241...245...246... 247 AND 249......FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216...239...240...241... 245...246... 247 AND 249... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...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 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 249... AKRON...COPE... LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AROUND NOON TIME AND WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LIKELY OCCUR AGAIN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. SATURDAY COULD SEE SLIGHTLY STRONGER SOUTHWEST WINDS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE FRIDAY. SATURDAY WILL BE THE SAME OR SLIGHTLY DRIER. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. 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. && $$ COZ242>244-248-250-251-082230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 426 AM MDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 242...243...244...248...250 AND 251... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL AROUND NOON TIME SATURDAY CONTINUING THROUGH THE EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$
459 WWUS85 KBOU 082001 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 201 PM MDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT THROUGH SATURDAY WILL CREATE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE DANGER CONDITIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PORTIONS OF THE PLAINS FROM DENVER EAST TOWARD AKRON AND LIMON THROUGH THIS EVENING. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL SPREAD NORTHEAST ON SATURDAY TO INCLUDE ALL OF THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS OF COLORADO. COZ214-216-239>241-245>247-249-090815- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0014.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110409T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 201 PM MDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214... 216...239...240...241...245...246...247 AND 249... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216... 239...240...241...245...246...247 AND 249... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...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 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 249... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. ON SATURDAY HUMIDITY VALUES WITH BE SIMILAR WITH READINGS IN THE 7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ COZ242>244-248-250-251-090815- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0009.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0014.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 201 PM MDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 242...243... 244...248...250 AND 251... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
705 WWUS85 KBOU 090159 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 759 PM MDT FRI APR 8 2011 .WINDS EARLY FRIDAY EVENING WERE ON THE DECREASE ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO WITH HUMIDITIES RISING VERY SLOWLY. WINDS FOR THE MOST PART WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF FRIDAY EVENING BUT OVERNIGHT HUMIDITY RECOVERY IS EXPECTED TO BE RATHER POOR IN THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS...SOUTH PARK ...ATOP THE PALMER DIVIDE AND IN THE SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE DENVER METRO AREA. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NEARLY ALL OF NORTHEAST COLORADO AGAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON ON SATURDAY AS STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS REDEVELOP AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES PLUMMET INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND LOW TEENS. COZ214-216-239>241-245>247-249-091400- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110409T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0014.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 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- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 759 PM MDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216...239...240...241...245...246...247 AND 249... ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216... 239...240...241...245...246...247 AND 249... THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A NEW RED FLAG WARNING WILL GO INTO EFFECT SATURDAY AT NOON...LASTING UNTIL 9 PM. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...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 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 249... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTSTO 40 MPH. WINDS ON SATURDAY WILL BE SLIGHTLY STRONGER WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON. ON SATURDAY HUMIDITY VALUES WITH BE SIMILAR WITH READINGS IN THE 7 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$ COZ242>244-248-250-251-091400- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0014.110409T1800Z-110410T0300Z/ NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 759 PM MDT FRI APR 8 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 242...243...244...248...250 AND 251... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK... MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...BY SATURDAY AFTERNOON...WINDS WILL BECOME GUSTY AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL BE 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS WILL MAKE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR NEW AND RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:47 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 12 more | 23 hr |
| Apr 7, 3:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 23 min |
| Apr 7, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 30 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.