Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2011
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 20, 2011, 12:41 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 21, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 12 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 20, 2011, 12:41 PM MDT (18:41 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 21, 2011, 10:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 21, 2011, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 12 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, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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
- 3973 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
964 WWUS85 KBOU 201841 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1241 PM MDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES THAT WILL PRODUCE AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE HAVE PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS COVERED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE SOUTH PARK IN PARK COUNTY...THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE NORTHEAST PLAINS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. FUELS ARE REPORTEDLY QUITE DRY WHICH WILL FURTHER CONTRIBUTE TO THE CRITICAL WILDLAND FIRE DANGER ANTICIPATED ON MONDAY. COZ239>241-244>247-249-210645- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0003.110321T1800Z-110322T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0006.110321T1800Z-110322T0200Z/ 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- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 1241 PM MDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...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 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST FROM NOON MDT MONDAY TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. 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. && $$ COZ214-216-210645- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0003.110321T1800Z-110322T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0006.110321T1800Z-110322T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 1241 PM MDT SUN MAR 20 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY FOR SOUTH PARK AND THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL AND WESTCREEK. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST FROM NOON MDT MONDAY TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN OPEN TERRAIN ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 4 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES... AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ BAKER
5 follow-up statements
814 WWUS85 KBOU 210653 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1253 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY ON MONDAY. VERY DRY FUELS WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. THE WINDS MAY BEGIN TO INCREASE IN THE MORNING... ESPECIALLY FROM THE DENVER AREA SOUTH ALONG THE FOOTHILLS. AREAS COVERED BY THIS WARNING INCLUDE SOUTH PARK IN PARK COUNTY...THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...THE PALMER DIVIDE AND THE NORTHEAST PLAINS ROUGHLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 76. COZ239>241-244>247-249-211500- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0006.110321T1800Z-110322T0200Z/ 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- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 1253 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...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 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246... AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST FROM NOON MDT MONDAY TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 3 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. 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. && $$ COZ214-216-211500- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0006.110321T1800Z-110322T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 1253 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL AND WESTCREEK. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP AND PERSIST FROM NOON MDT MONDAY TO 8 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN OPEN TERRAIN ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM4 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES... AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ GIMMESTAD
176 WWUS85 KBOU 211031 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 431 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED FOR TUESDAY... .STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY ON MONDAY. VERY DRY FUELS WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. VERY DRY AIR AND SOUTH WINDS JUST OFF THE GROUND WILL SURFACE THIS MORNING...THEN HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FASTER TODAY THAN ON MOST RED FLAG DAYS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS FROM DENVER SOUTHWARD. ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COZ239>241-244>247-249-212245- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KBOU.FW.W.0006.110321T1600Z-110322T0400Z/ 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- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 431 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...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 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246... AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN THIS AFTERNOON. THERE WILL BE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY MIDDAY... AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ214-216-212245- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ /O.EXT.KBOU.FW.W.0006.110321T1600Z-110322T0400Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 431 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS 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 AND WESTCREEK. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND PERSIST THOUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENT OVERNIGHT THOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG...AND THEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AGAIN ON TUESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN OPEN TERRAIN ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ215-212245- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- 431 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES. * TIMING...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. 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. && $$ COZ238-242-243-248-250-251-212245- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 431 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS... GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$ GIMMESTAD/COOPER
853 WWUS85 KBOU 211924 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 124 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED FOR TUESDAY... .STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON. VERY DRY FUELS WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THIS AFTERNOON AS STRONG WIND GUSTS ALSO CONTINUE. ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. COZ239>241-244>247-249-220730- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110322T0400Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ 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- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 124 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...244...245...246...247 AND 249... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...244...245...246...247 AND 249... * AFFECTED AREA...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 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL BE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT LATER THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY. * WIND...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ214-216-220730- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110322T0400Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 124 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 216... ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 216... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THOUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENT OVERNIGHT THOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG...AND THEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AGAIN ONTUESDAY. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN OPEN TERRAIN ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES... AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$ COZ215-220730- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- 124 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES. * TIMING...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND...WEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. 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. && $$ COZ238-242-243-248-250-251-220730- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 124 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238...242...243...248...250 AND 251... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS... HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS... GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 45 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH. && $$
176 WWUS85 KBOU 212045 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 245 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING AND THEN AGAIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING... .STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES HAVE DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THIS EVENING. VERY DRY FUELS WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. HUMIDITIES WILL REMAIN IN THE SINGLE DIGITS THROUGH THIS EVENING AS STRONG WIND GUSTS ALSO CONTINUE. ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. COZ239>241-244>247-249-220845- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0007.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110322T0400Z/ 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- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 245 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...244...245...246...247 AND 249... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240... 241...244...245...246...247 AND 249... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...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 244...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON... COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL BE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT LATER THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. ON TUESDAY WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && 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. && $$ COZ214-216-220845- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0007.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110322T0400Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 245 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 216... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 216... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. 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. * TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THOUGH THIS EVENING. THERE WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENT OVERNIGHT THOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN STRONG...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 45 MPH IN OPEN TERRAIN ARE EXPECTED DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. ON TUESDAY WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST WITH SPEEDS FROM 20 TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP 40 MPH EXCEPT FROM WEST OF GOLDEN NORTHWARD WHERE SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 60 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && 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. && $$ COZ215-238-242-243-248-250-251-220845- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0004.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0007.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 245 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...238... 242...243...248...250 AND 251... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...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 248... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON OVER THE PLAINS...WITH UP TO 60 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. 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. && $$
404 WWUS85 KBOU 220411 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1011 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED THE REST OF TONIGHT THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 216 AND 239... ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES...214...215...238... 240...241...242...243...244...245...246...247...248...249...250 AND 251. .STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS FROM BOULDER SOUTH TO GOLDEN ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES. VERY DRY FUELS WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY. ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN ELEVATE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. COZ214-240-241-244>247-249-221615- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110322T0400Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0007.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK 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- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 1011 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...240...241...244...245...246...247 AND 249... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...240...241...244...245...246... 247 AND 249... THE RED FLAG WARNING 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 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 244... BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL BE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT LATER THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * WIND...ON TUESDAY WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 20 TO 30 MPH BY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && 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. && $$ COZ216-239-221615- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-110322T0400Z/ /O.EXT.KBOU.FW.W.0007.110322T0411Z-110323T0200Z/ 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- 1011 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 216 AND 239... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 216 AND 239... THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...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. * TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL BE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT LATER THIS EVENING. RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY TUESDAY EVENING. * WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT AND THEN BECOME MORE WESTERLY BY TUESDAY MORNING. BY MIDDAY TUESDAY WINDS WILL BECOME WEST TO NORTHWEST WITH SPEEDS INCREASING TO 25 TO 35 MPH BY AFTERNOON WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH POSSIBLE. * HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 8 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && 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. && $$ COZ215-238-242-243-248-250-251-221615- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0007.110322T1800Z-110323T0200Z/ LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY- SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1011 PM MDT MON MAR 21 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...238...242...243...248...250 AND 251... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 248... CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 250... JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 251... AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE. * TIMING...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT TUESDAY MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. * WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON OVER THE PLAINS...WITH UP TO 60 MPH IN THE FOOTHILLS. * HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING. && $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 3:57 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 8 more | 9 hr |
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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.