Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 30, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Nov 16, 2016, 1:48 AM MST for 12 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Nov 16, 2016, 10:00 AM MST. 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
- Nov 16, 2016, 1:48 AM MST (08:48 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 16, 2016, 10:00 AM MST
- Expired
- Nov 16, 2016, 6:00 PM MST
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 168 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
- 3982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 288 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
230 WWUS85 KBOU 160848 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 148 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016 ...FIRE DANGER INCREASES TODAY... .STRONGER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH RECORD WARMTH AND A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL BRING HIGH FIRE DANGER TO PORTIONS OF COLORADO TODAY. THE HIGHEST FIRE DANGER WILL DEVELOP WHERE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND HUMIDITIES LOWEST...FROM THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA, PARK COUNTY, AND THEN INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO. COZ213>216-241-246-247-161900- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0030.161116T1700Z-161117T0100Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 148 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AREA...AND SOUTH AND MIDDLE PARKS... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MST THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213...214...215...216... 241...246 AND 247. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE AROUND DARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AS OF LATE WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
308 WWUS85 KBOU 161800 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1100 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016 ...FIRE DANGER INCREASES TODAY... .STRONGER SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT COMBINED WITH RECORD WARMTH AND A VERY DRY ATMOSPHERE WILL BRING HIGH FIRE DANGER TO PORTIONS OF COLORADO TODAY. THE HIGHEST FIRE DANGER WILL DEVELOP WHERE WINDS WILL BE STRONGEST AND HUMIDITIES LOWEST...FROM THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS SOUTHWARD ACROSS THE PALMER DIVIDE AREA, PARK COUNTY, AND THEN INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO. COZ213>216-241-246-247-170100- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-161117T0100Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 1100 AM MST WED NOV 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AREA...AND SOUTH AND MIDDLE PARKS... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213...214...215...216... 241...246 AND 247. * TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING AND REMAIN GUSTY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CRITICAL FIRE CONDITIONS WILL REMAIN IN PLACE UNTIL WINDS SUBSIDE AROUND DARK. * WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH VERY WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS AS OF LATE WILL CREATE CONDITIONS FAVORABLE FOR RAPID WILDFIRE GROWTH. 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. && $$
845 WWUS85 KBOU 170105 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 605 PM MST WED NOV 16 2016 COZ213>216-241-246-247-170215- /O.EXP.KBOU.FW.W.0030.000000T0000Z-161117T0100Z/ GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 605 PM MST WED NOV 16 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE AREA...AND SOUTH AND MIDDLE PARKS. ...WINDS CONTINUE TO DIMINISH EARLY THIS EVENING ALONG WITH A SLOW RECOVERY OF HUMIDITY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 16, 3:38 PM MST | Winter Weather Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 36 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.