Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2014
Red Flag Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 29, 2014, 2:32 PM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 30, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 29, 2014, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 30, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 30, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 106 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
- 3216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
301 WWUS85 KBOU 292032 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 232 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 COZ241-246-247-301200- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0001.140330T1800Z-140331T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0002.140330T1800Z-140331T0200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 232 PM MDT SAT MAR 29 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...246 AND 247... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT SUNDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...246 AND 247. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 6 TO 10 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GRASSLAND WILDFIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY IF A FIRE GETS STARTED. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
3 follow-up statements
320 WWUS85 KBOU 301020 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 420 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ241-246-247-302030- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0002.140330T1800Z-140331T0200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 420 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...246 AND 247... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...246 AND 247. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY SUNDAY EVENING. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GRASSLAND WILDFIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY IF A FIRE GETS STARTED. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
296 WWUS85 KBOU 301749 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1149 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ241-246-247-310200- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0002.140330T1800Z-140331T0200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 1149 AM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...246 AND 247... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...246 AND 247. * TIMING...SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE INCREASING THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. DURING THE EVENING...GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH AS NIGHT TIME APPROACHES. LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALSO INCREASE THROUGH THE EVENING AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN COOLING OFF. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON INCREASING TO 15 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AFTER 2 PM. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...RAPID GRASSLAND WILDFIRE GROWTH IS LIKELY IF A FIRE GETS STARTED. 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 CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. && $$
780 WWUS85 KBOU 310158 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 758 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 COZ241-246-247-310300- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140331T0200Z/ ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 758 PM MDT SUN MAR 30 2014 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE INCLUDING FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241...246 AND 247... THE GUSTY WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS EVENING WITH A SLOW RECOVERY IN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 4:00 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | BOU | Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert, Lincoln | 11 hr |
Nearby
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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.