Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings in 2016
Red Flag Warning 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Mar 14, 2016, 2:32 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Mar 14, 2016, 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 14, 2016, 2:32 AM MDT (08:32 UTC)
- In effect from
- Mar 14, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Mar 14, 2016, 6:59 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, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:33 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 00:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 3066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 127 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
147 WWUS85 KBOU 140832 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 232 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 COZ246-247-141900- /O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0003.160314T1800Z-160315T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0006.160314T1800Z-160315T0100Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- 232 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 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 TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246 AND 247. * TIMING...FIRE DANGER WILL INCREASE BY EARLY AFTERNOON ON MONDAY. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITY TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID RANGELAND FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AGRICULTURAL BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. IF A FIRE IS STARTED OR ONGOING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO RAPIDLY SPREAD IS HIGH. && $$ COZ239>241-245-249-141900- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0006.160314T1800Z-160315T0100Z/ BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY- 232 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA...EASTERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES...ADAMS...ARAPAHOE... AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241... 245...AND 249... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...245 AND 249. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITY TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID RANGELAND FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AGRICULTURAL BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. IF A FIRE IS STARTED OR ONGOING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO RAPIDLY SPREAD IS HIGH. && $$ GIMMESTAD
3 follow-up statements
325 WWUS85 KBOU 141751 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1151 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 COZ239>241-245>247-249-150100- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0006.160314T1800Z-160315T0100Z/ 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- 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- 1151 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA... EASTERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES...ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...245... AND 249... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...245... 246...247 AND 249. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH OVER EASTERN ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITY TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID RANGELAND FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AGRICULTURAL BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. IF A FIRE IS STARTED OR ONGOING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO RAPIDLY SPREAD IS HIGH. && $$
237 WWUS85 KBOU 142151 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 351 PM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS CONTINUE TO INCREASE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS EVENING AND AGAIN ON TUESDAY... COZ246-247-249-150600- /O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0007.160315T1800Z-160316T0100Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160315T0100Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 351 PM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA... EASTERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES...ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...245... AND 249... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN ELBERT...LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246...247 AND 249... 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 7 PM MDT TUESDAY. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246...247 AND 249. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL EASE AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...THEN REDEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH THIS EVENING WILL DECREASE TO 15 TO 20 WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH OVERNIGHT...THEN INCREASE TO 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH BY NOON ON TUESDAY. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT...RECOVERING TO NEAR 55 PERCENT OVERNIGHT...LOWERING TO 10 PERCENT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITY TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID RANGELAND FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AGRICULTURAL BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. IF A FIRE IS STARTED OR ONGOING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO RAPIDLY SPREAD IS HIGH. && $$ COZ239>241-245-150100- /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160315T0100Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- 351 PM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE DENVER METRO AREA... EASTERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES...ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...245... AND 249... * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241 AND 245. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON WILL EASE AFTER SUNSET. * WINDS...WEST 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...CURRENTLY AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT...WILL RECOVER TO NEAR 20 BY SUNSET. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITY TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID RANGELAND FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AGRICULTURAL BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. IF A FIRE IS STARTED OR ONGOING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO RAPIDLY SPREAD IS HIGH. && $$
880 WWUS85 KBOU 150059 RFWBOU URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 659 PM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE TO INCREASE THE GRASSLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO ON TUESDAY... TEMPERATURES HAVE COOLED THIS EVENING...ALLOWING HUMIDITY VALUES TO INCREASE. WINDS HAVE ALSO DIMINISHED SLIGHTLY. THE THREAT OF DANGEROUS FIRE BEHAVIOR THIS EVENING HAS ENDED. MORE WIND AND WARM TEMPERATURES ON TUESDAY AFTERNOON WILL PRODUCE ELEVATED FIRE DANGER VALUES OVER PARTS OF EASTERN COLORADO...MAINLY THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PALMER DIVIDE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. COZ246-247-249-150900- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160315T0100Z/ /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0007.160315T1800Z-160316T0100Z/ NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- 659 PM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN ELBERT...LINCOLON AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN ELBERT...LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING. ANOTHER RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 246...247 AND 249. * TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL EASE AFTER SUNSET THIS EVENING...THEN REDEVELOP BY TUESDAY AFTERNOON. * WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 12 PERCENT. * IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS AND LOW HUMIDITY TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID RANGELAND FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AGRICULTURAL BURNING IS STRONGLY DISCOURAGED ON MONDAY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. IF A FIRE IS STARTED OR ONGOING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO RAPIDLY SPREAD IS HIGH. && $$ COZ239>241-245-150200- /O.CAN.KBOU.FW.W.0006.000000T0000Z-160315T0100Z/ 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- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- 659 PM MDT MON MAR 14 2016 ...RED FLAG WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST COLORADO... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE RED FLAG WARNING. COOLER TEMPERATURES AND RISING HUMIDITIES WILL ALLOW FIRE DANGER TO DECREASE OVERNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 14, 3:51 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Washington | 27 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.