Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 22, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 27, 2011, 4:12 PM MDT for Park County, Colorado. It took effect at Jun 28, 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
- Jun 27, 2011, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 28, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2011, 8:27 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
County Park County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 1267 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
618 WWUS85 KBOU 272212 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 412 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN PARK COUNTY... .WARM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO RETURN TO CENTRAL COLORADO ON TUESDAY ALONG WITH LOWER HUMIDITIES. GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND DRY VEGETATION WILL MAKE DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS POSSIBLE. COZ214-280615- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0022.110628T1800Z-110629T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 412 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS FOR PARK COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR HIGH TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...PARK COUNTY BELOW 9500 FEET. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * TIMING...1200 MDT TO 2100 MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8-12 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...IN THE MID TO UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...AFTER 1200 MDT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION MAY PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
4 follow-up statements
644 WWUS85 KBOU 280254 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 854 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...HIGH TO EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE DANGER LIKELY FOR PARK COUNTY ON TUESDAY... .UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINATION WITH DRY VEGETATION TO PRODUCE HIGH TO EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK IN PARK COUNTY COLORADO ON TUESDAY. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND MIDDAY AND LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. COZ214-281500- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0022.110628T1800Z-110629T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 854 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PREVAIL WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...FROM 1200 MDT TO 2100 MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 8-15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...COULD SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...AFTER 1400 MDT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL POTENTIALLY PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ BAKER
983 WWUS85 KBOU 281007 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 407 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...HIGH TO EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE DANGER OR PARK COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINATION WITH DRY VEGETATION TO PRODUCE HIGH TO EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK IN PARK COUNTY. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND MIDDAY AND LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. COZ214-282215- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0022.110628T1800Z-110629T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 407 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PREVAIL WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. * TIMING...FROM 1200 MDT TO 2100 MDT. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 8-15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...COULD SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY... AFTER 1400 MDT. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES... VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL POTENTIALLY PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS. 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. && $$
839 WWUS85 KBOU 282059 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 259 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PARK COUNTY TIL MID EVENING...AND MORE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS POSSIBLE THURSDAY... .UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO PRODUCE HIGH WILDLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK THROUGH EARLY EVENING. ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THURSDAY AS GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT. HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL MAY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO NEW FIRE STARTS. COZ214-290900- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0011.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110629T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 259 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK. * TIMING...UNTIL 2100 MDT TONIGHT...AND FROM 1100 MDT TO 2100 MDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PREVAIL WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH UNTIL MID EVENING. ON THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 8-15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...COULD LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL POTENTIALLY PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ215-216-241-246-247-290900- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0011.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ 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- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 259 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...241...246 AND 247... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...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 241...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER. * TIMING...1100 MDT TO 2100 MDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 10-15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 80S IN THE FOOTHILLS...WITH LOWER TO MID 90S OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...COULD LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES... VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL POTENTIALLY PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS. 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
107 WWUS85 KBOU 290227 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 827 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...INCREASING FIRE DANGER EXPECTED ON THURSDAY... .GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE ON THURSDAY AND WILL COMBINE WITH HOT TEMPERATURES TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER IN THE FOOTHILLS...SOUTH PARK...AND AREAS ON THE PLAINS SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 70. THE WINDS WILL INCREASE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WITH HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT. HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL MAY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO NEW FIRE STARTS. COZ214-291430- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-110629T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0011.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 827 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. WHILE HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN LOW...IN THE 15 TO 20 PERCENT RANGE THROUGH MID EVENING...WINDS HAVE DIMINISHED AND ARE GENERALLY LESS THAN 15 MPH. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK. * TIMING...FROM 1100 MDT TO 2100 MDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 8-15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...COULD LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES... VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL POTENTIALLY PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ COZ215-216-241-246-247-291430- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0011.110630T1700Z-110701T0300Z/ 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- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 827 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...241...246 AND 247... * AFFECTED AREA...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 241...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER. * TIMING...1100 MDT TO 2100 MDT THURSDAY. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 10- 15 PERCENT. * TEMPERATURES...HIGHS IN THE 80S IN THE FOOTHILLS...WITH LOWER TO MID 90S OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE. * LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...COULD LEAD TO NEW FIRE STARTS. * IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES... VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL POTENTIALLY PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS. 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. && $$ GIMMESTAD
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Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every red flag warning in 2011
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.