Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 3, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 15, 2011, 2:43 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 16, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 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
- Mar 15, 2011, 2:43 PM MDT (20:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 16, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 16, 2011, 7:16 PM MDT
- In force
- 7 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, Park County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 2158 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
761 WWUS85 KBOU 152043 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 243 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY... .A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING WARM TEMPERATURES...DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE STATE THURSDAY CAUSING WEST WINDS TO INCREASE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO THURSDAY MORNING. IF THIS HAPPENS LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES WILL PREVAIL THAN EXPECTED. COZ215-216-239-241-160845- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0003.110316T1800Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1200Z-110318T0200Z/ 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- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 243 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216... 239 AND 241... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216... 239 AND 241... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. * 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 239... ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND ALL DAY THURSDAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. IN THE FOOTHILLS...WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 65 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL FALL TO 6 TO 14 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ COZ246-247-160845- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0003.110316T1800Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 243 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. A RED FLAG WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL FALL TO 6 TO 12 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ238-240-160845- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0003.110316T1800Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- 243 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238 AND 240... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238 AND 240... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT WEDNESDAY. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY ON THURSDAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY INCREASE THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL FALL TO 6 TO 12 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND MAY FALL INTO THIS RANGE ON THURSDAY TOO. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ COZ243>245-249-160845- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- 243 PM MDT TUE MAR 15 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 243...244...245 AND 249... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY . * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS MAY FALL LOWER TEENS THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$
5 follow-up statements
264 WWUS85 KBOU 161019 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 419 AM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL PREVAIL TODAY AND THURSDAY WITH VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER... .A STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BRING WARM TEMPERATURES...DRY CONDITIONS AND GUSTY WINDS TO NORTHEAST COLORADO WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. A COLD FRONT WILL APPROACH THE STATE THURSDAY CAUSING WEST WINDS TO INCREASE. THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE THAT THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO THURSDAY MORNING. IF THIS HAPPENS LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS AND HIGHER HUMIDITIES WILL PREVAIL AND LOWER THE FIRE DANGER OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. COZ215-216-239-241-162230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.110316T1800Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1200Z-110318T0200Z/ 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- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 419 AM MDT WED MAR 16 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 215...216...239 AND 241... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...239 AND 241... * 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 239... ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND ALL DAY THURSDAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPHWILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON. IN THE FOOTHILLS...WINDS WILL BE 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE LOWER ELEVATIONS AND UP TO 60MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ COZ246-247-162230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.110316T1800Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 419 AM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPHWILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL INCREASE THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY AFTERNOONS. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ238-240-162230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.110316T1800Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- 419 AM MDT WED MAR 16 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 238 AND 240... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238 AND 240... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL PREVAIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND POSSIBLY ON THURSDAY. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPHWILL DEVELOP BY AFTERNOON. WINDS MAY INCREASE THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND MAY FALL INTO THIS RANGE ON THURSDAY TOO. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ COZ243>245-249-162230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- 419 AM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 243...244...245 AND 249... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON... GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245... BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...WINDY CONDITIONS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES MAY DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPHWILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY . * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS MAY FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONGWINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$
103 WWUS85 KBOU 161818 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1218 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES PRODUCING HIGH WILDLAND FIRE DANGER FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON THURSDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AND ACROSS THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON. THESE GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS AND THE ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL IN TURN PRODUCE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MUCH OF THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS COULD ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DROP SOUTH OUT OF WYOMING REACHING THE DENVER AREA BY LATE IN THE DAY. HOWEVER SHOULD THIS COLD FRONT ARRIVE SOONER WINDS ON THE PLAINS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE... CONSEQUENTLY REDUCING THE WILDLAND FIRE DANGER AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. COZ215-216-239-241-170230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1200Z-110318T0200Z/ 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- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE... TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR 1218 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...215...216...239...241 * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. IN THE FOOTHILLS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND 50 TO 60 MPH IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE TO BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDLAND FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ COZ246-247-170230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1218 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...246...247 * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN STRONGER GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDLAND FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ238-240-170230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- INCLUDING...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN... WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER 1218 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...238...240 * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE TO BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE OVERNIGHT ONLY TO INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE LIKELY TO FALL INTO THIS RANGE AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDLAND FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ COZ243>245-249-170230- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1218 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO...243...244...245...249 * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS MAY FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDLAND FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ BAKER
174 WWUS85 KBOU 161832 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1232 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES PRODUCING HIGH WILDLAND FIRE DANGER FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON THURSDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND GUSTY SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS ON THE PALMER DIVIDE AND ACROSS THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL IN TURN PRODUCE UNSEASONABLY WARM SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. WEST WINDS IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS COULD ACTUALLY STRENGTHEN LATER TONIGHT AND THURSDAY IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH MAY DROP SOUTH INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO DURING THE DAY REACHING THE DENVER AREA BY EVENING. HOWEVER SHOULD THIS COLD FRONT ARRIVE SOONER WINDS ON THE PLAINS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE...CONSEQUENTLY REDUCING THE WILDLAND FIRE DANGER AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. COZ215-216-239-241-170645- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1200Z-110318T0200Z/ 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- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 1232 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215... 216...239 AND 241... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...239 AND 241... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO... 215...216...239...241 * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND ON THE PALMER DIVIDE. IN THE FOOTHILLS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE LIKELY. WINDS ARE LIKELY TO INCREASE THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH AT LOWER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND 50 TO 60 MPH IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE TO BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDLAND FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ COZ246-247-170645- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 1232 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO... 246...247 * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. EVEN STRONGER GUSTS TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDLAND FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ238-240-170645- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- 1232 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238 AND 240... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238 AND 240... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO... 238...240 * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE TO BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE OVERNIGHT ONLY TO INCREASE AGAIN ON THURSDAY WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL FALL TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE LIKELY TO FALL INTO THIS RANGE AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDLAND FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. 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. && $$ COZ243>245-249-170645- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- 1232 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 243...244...245 AND 249... THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES... IN COLORADO... 243...244...245...249 * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS MAY FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR WILDLAND FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ BAKER
524 WWUS85 KBOU 162123 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 323 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...GUSTY WEST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES PRODUCING CRITICAL WILDLAND FIRE DANGER FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY... .STRONG SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PRODUCE STRONG AND GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST SURFACE WINDS IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE EASTWARD ACROSS LINCOLN COUNTY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THESE GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS WILL IN TURN PRODUCE UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH LATE THIS EVENING ONLY TO INCREASE AGAIN IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS LATE TONIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING IN ADVANCE OF A COLD FRONT WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DROP INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO DURING THE AFTERNOON. SHOULD THIS COLD FRONT ARRIVE SOONER THAN EXPECTED WINDS ON THE PLAINS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE...CONSEQUENTLY REDUCING THE WILDLAND FIRE DANGER AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. COZ238-170200- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- 323 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR THURSDAY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238... * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE LATER THIS EVENING...ONLY TO INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH IN THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. 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. && $$ COZ243-244-249-162230- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1800Z-110318T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- 323 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 243...244 AND 249... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH. * AREAS NO LONGER IN THIS WATCH...IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243... EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...AND IN FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * WIND...WIND SPEEDS ARE LONGER EXPECTED TO MEET RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES IN THE 15 TO 25 PERCENT RANGE EARLY THIS EVENING WILL RISE ABOVE 30 PERCENT OVERNIGHT AND REMAIN ABOVE RED FLAG WARNING CRITERIA ON THURSDAY. $$ COZ215-216-239-241-170930- /O.EXT.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1200Z-110318T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ 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- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 323 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...239 AND 241... * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS AND GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH ARE TO BE EXPECTED ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. AFTER A DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS THIS EVENING...WATCH FOR WIND SPEEDS TO INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITHIN THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE...40 TO 55 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE TO BE EXPECTED REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND ONCE AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. 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. && $$ COZ246-247-170930- /O.EXT.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1800Z-110318T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 323 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. EVEN STRONGER GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AGAIN ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT TIMED TO ARRIVE BY EVENING. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ240-170930- /O.EXT.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1500Z-110318T0000Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- 323 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240... * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH ARE TO BE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON. WINDS SHOULD DECREASE OVERNIGHT ONLY TO INCREASE AGAIN THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 PERCENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...AND POSSIBLY AGAIN ON THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. 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. && $$ COZ245-170930- /O.EXT.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1500Z-110318T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- 323 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR POSSIBLE GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245... * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY FALL INTO THE LOWER TEENS ON THURSDAY. *IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS MAY COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ BAKER
804 WWUS85 KBOU 170116 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 716 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...GUSTY WINDS ABATING THIS EVENING...BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THURSDAY ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PARK COUNTY... .A CONTINUATION OF STRONG WEST TO SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF STRONG AND GUSTY SURFACE WINDS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PARK COUNTY THURSDAY. IN ADDITION...TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN UNSEASONABLE WARM WITH LOW HUMIDITY READINGS ON THURSDAY...ALONG WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY TONIGHT. FARTHER EAST FROM FORT COLLINS TO DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND POINTS EASTWARD...A COLD FRONT DROPPING ACROSS THE AREA IS EXPECTED TO EASE THE FIRE DANGER. SHOULD THIS COLD FRONT ARRIVE SOONER THAN EXPECTED WINDS ON THE PLAINS WILL BECOME NORTHEAST AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE...CONSEQUENTLY REDUCING THE WILDLAND FIRE DANGER EVEN AT LOWER ELEVATIONS. COZ215-216-239-241-171330- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1200Z-110318T0000Z/ 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- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- 716 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...239 AND 241... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...239 AND 241... * WIND...AFTER A DECREASE IN WIND SPEEDS THIS EVENING...WATCH FOR WIND SPEEDS TO INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WITHIN THE I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR AND PALMER DIVIDE...AND 40 TO 60 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS. THE STRONGEST WINDS IN THE URBAN CORRIDOR ARE LIKELY TO DIMINISH AND TURN NORTHEAST BY LATE THURSDAY MORNING. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ONLY RECOVER TO 30 TO 40 PERCENT TONIGHT...WITH READINGS DROPPING BACK TO 10 TO 15 PERCENT BY MID MORNING THURSDAY. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. 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. && $$ COZ246-247-171330- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1800Z-110318T0000Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 716 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY NOON THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT CAN BE EXPECTED THURSDAY AFTERNOON...BEFORE IMPROVING LATE IN THE DAY BEHIND A COLD FRONT. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ240-171330- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1500Z-110318T0000Z/ NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- 716 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE THURSDAY. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT MOVING INTO THE AREA MAY PREVENT RED FLAG CONDITIONS FROM DEVELOPING. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY READINGS OF 10 TO 15 PERCENT WILL BE POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE COLD FRONT. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS MAY PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. 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. && $$ COZ238-170230- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110317T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- 716 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND HUMIDITIES HAVE IMPROVED SLIGHTLY THIS EVENING. $$ COZ214-171330- /O.EXB.KBOU.FW.W.0004.110317T1500Z-110318T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- 716 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 30 WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL REDEVELOP EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING HOURS THURSDAY. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND REMAIN THERE THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH VERY LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. 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. && $$ COZ245-171330- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0002.110317T1500Z-110318T0000Z/ CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- 716 PM MDT WED MAR 16 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245... * WIND...WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ON THURSDAY. HOWEVER...A COLD FRONT MAY PREVENT THESE STRONGER WEST WINDS FROM DEVELOPING. * HUMIDITY...RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES MAY FALL TO AROUND 15 PERCENT...DEPENDING ON THE SPEED OF THE COLD FRONT. *IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS MAY COMBINE WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE GROWTH AND RAPID SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2:43 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas, Larimer and 3 more | 34 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:43 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 8 more | 52 hr |
| Mar 15, 2:48 PM MDT | Winter Storm Watch | BOU | Boulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer | 24 hr |
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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.