Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2012
Red Flag Warning 23, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Jun 24, 2012, 2:54 PM MDT for 22 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jun 25, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 24, 2012, 2:54 PM MDT (20:54 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 25, 2012, 11:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
All 22 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, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Logan County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Phillips County, CO, Sedgwick County, CO, Summit County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 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, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 4183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
271 WWUS85 KBOU 242054 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 254 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE... ...DRY LIGHTNING MAY START NEW FIRES THROUGH THIS EVENING AND THEN AGAIN MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES TO COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY. JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDERNEATH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO BRING HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...THOSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...BUT LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. COZ211>213-215-217-218-250500- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0023.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120625T0400Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- 254 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND HIGH VALLEYS...AND NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...213...215... 217 AND 218. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT...ALONG WITH POOR HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORM COVERAGE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING...HIGHEST COVERAGE IN THE MOUNTAINS. SOME STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH MOST STORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING FROM STORMS PRODUCING LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. 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. && $$ COZ241-244>251-250500- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0023.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 254 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NORTHEAST PLAINS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...244...245...246... 247...248...249...250 AND 251. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH WINDS INCREASING TO 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM OF 5 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ214-216-250400- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120625T0400Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 254 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTH PARK AND THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 216. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHEAST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORM COVERAGE THIS EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST COVERAGE IN PARK COUNTY. SOME STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH MOST STORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING DUE TO LIGHTNING FROM STORMS PRODUCING LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. 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. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
4 follow-up statements
008 WWUS85 KBOU 250359 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 959 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE... ...DRY LIGHTNING MAY START NEW FIRES MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES TO COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY. JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDERNEATH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO BRING HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. HOWEVER...THOSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIGHTNING...STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...BUT LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. COZ211>213-215-217-218-251200- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120625T0400Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0023.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- 959 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER WILL ALLOW TONIGHTS RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...213...215... 217 AND 218. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED STORM COVERAGE. SOME STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH MOST STORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING FROM STORMS PRODUCING LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. 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. && $$ COZ214-216-250500- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120625T0400Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 959 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR SOUTH PARK AND THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER WILL ALLOW TONIGHTS RED FLAG WARNING TO EXPIRE AT 10 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. MOST STORMS ON MONDAY SHOULD REMAIN ALONG AND NORTH OF I-70. HOWEVER...RECORD HEAT AND VERY DRY CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE. $$ COZ241-244>251-251200- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0023.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 959 PM MDT SUN JUN 24 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NORTHEAST PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...244...245...246... 247...248...249...250 AND 251. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AROUND 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BARJENBRUCH
828 WWUS85 KBOU 251023 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 423 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE... ...DRY LIGHTNING MAY START NEW FIRES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .HIGH PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE TO BRING HOT TEMPERATURES AND LOW HUMIDITIES TO COLORADO TODAY. JUST ENOUGH MOISTURE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNDERNEATH AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE TO BRING HIGH BASED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 70. HOWEVER...THOSE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE LIGHTNING... STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...BUT LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO... THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PARK COUNTY...GUSTY SOUTH WINDS COMBINED WITH EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL LEAD TO CRITICAL FIRE DANGER AS WELL. COZ214-216-251830- /O.EXA.KBOU.FW.W.0023.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 423 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS AND PARK COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 216. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ238>240-242-243-251830- /O.EXA.KBOU.FW.W.0023.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- 423 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR AND ALL OF WELD COUNTY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238...239...240...242 AND 243. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ211>213-215-217-218-251830- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0023.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- 423 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS...AND LOW HUMIDITIES FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS...AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...213...215... 217 AND 218. * TIMING...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED DRY THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP BY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED STORM COVERAGE. SOME STORMS WILL BE DRY WITH MOST STORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING FROM STORMS PRODUCING LITTLE IF ANY RAINFALL. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO EXTREMELY DRY FUELS AND GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS. 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. && $$ COZ241-244>251-251830- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0023.120625T1700Z-120626T0300Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 423 AM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NORTHEAST PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...244...245...246... 247...248...249...250 AND 251. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$
358 WWUS85 KBOU 252129 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 329 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RECORD HEAT...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND GUSTY WINDS CREATING EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... ...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...HOT TEMPERATURES AND DRY LIGHTNING EXPECTED IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRONG AND PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH EXTREME DRY FUELS TO PRODUCE EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS. ON TUESDAY...LIGHTER WINDS ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL EASE THE THREAT FOR WILDLAND FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. WHEREAS... THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS COULD SEE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DRY LIGHTNING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON TUESDAY. COZ211>213-215-217-218-260530- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0024.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120626T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- 329 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIGHTNING...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY LIGHTNING...GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...213...215... 217 AND 218. * TIMING...MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 12 TO 22 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 35 MPH. STRONGER WIND GUSTS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY STORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING FROM MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND EXTREMELY DRY 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. && $$ COZ214-216-260300- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120626T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 329 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY OUTFLOW WIND...LIGHTNING AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PARK COUNTY... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 216. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THIS MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND EXTREMELY DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND HOT TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ COZ238>251-260300- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120626T0300Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- 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- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-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- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 329 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS...UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NORTHEAST PLAINS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238...239...240...241... 242...243...244...245...246...247...248...249...250 AND 251. * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY PERSIST THROUGH THIS MONDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTH-SOUTHEAST 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WIND...UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND EXTREMELY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. ANY NEW FIRE STARTS WILL SPREAD RAPIDLY DUE TO THE GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL. && $$ BAKER
130 WWUS85 KBOU 260326 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 926 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RECORD HEAT...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS...AND DRY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CREATE EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... .A STRONG AND PERSISTENT HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH AT LEAST TUESDAY EVENING. GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO COMBINE WITH EXTREME DRY FUELS TO PRODUCE EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS. ON TUESDAY...LIGHTER WINDS ON THE PLAINS OF NORTHEAST COLORADO WILL EASE THE THREAT FOR WILDLAND FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. WHEREAS... THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS COULD SEE ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DRY LIGHTNING DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING ON TUESDAY. COZ211>213-215-217-218-261130- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120626T0300Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0024.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/ JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- 926 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIGHTNING...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...HIGH MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TONIGHT... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...213...215... 217 AND 218. * TIMING...MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY STORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING FROM MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND EXTREMELY DRY 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. && $$ COZ214-216-261130- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120626T0300Z/ /O.EXA.KBOU.FW.W.0024.120626T1800Z-120627T0300Z/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- 926 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIGHTNING...GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES HAS BEEN EXPANDED TO INCLUDE SOUTH PARK AND THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS... ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR DRY THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 216. * TIMING...MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO REDEVELOP EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 5 TO 15 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 25 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED TO WIDELY SCATTERED MOSTLY DRY STORMS PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS TO AROUND 45 MPH. * IMPACTS...NUMEROUS NEW FIRE STARTS WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO LIGHTNING FROM MOSTLY DRY THUNDERSTORMS. RAPID FIRE GROWTH WILL BE POSSIBLE DUE TO GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND EXTREMELY DRY 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. && $$ COZ238>251-260430- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0023.000000T0000Z-120626T0300Z/ LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 926 PM MDT MON JUN 25 2012 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS... UNSEASONABLY HOT TEMPERATURES AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE AND NORTHEAST PLAINS... WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND WILL REMAIN LIGHTER ON TUESDAY. HOWEVER...NEAR RECORD HEAT AND VERY LOW HUMIDITIES WILL KEEP FIRE DANGER HIGH. $$ BARJENBRUCH
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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.