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Fire Weather Watch 12, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

September 15, 20218 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this fire weather watch at Sep 15, 2021, 2:31 PM MDT for 8 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Sep 17, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2021, 2:31 PM MDT (20:31 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 17, 2021, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Sep 17, 2021, 3:53 AM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Boulder County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this fire weather watch went out at Sep 14, 3:01 PM MDT, 23 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 3:01 PM MDT, 23 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 15, 6:37 AM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryBOUElbert, Lincoln2 hr
Sep 15, 2:31 PM MDTRed Flag WarningBOUBoulder, Grand, Jackson, Larimer, Summit28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.