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Red Flag Warning 16, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

April 26, 202511 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 26, 2025, 1:58 PM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 27, 2025, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 9 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
Apr 26, 2025, 1:58 PM MDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 27, 2025, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 27, 2025, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this red flag warning 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 red flag warning went out at Apr 26, 11:20 AM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 11:20 AM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 10:06 AM MDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Denver/Boulder CO
1006 AM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

COZ030>051-271615-
Jackson County Below 9000 Feet-
West Jackson and West Grand Counties Above 9000 Feet-
Grand and Summit Counties Below 9000 Feet-
South and East Jackson/Larimer/North and Northeast Grand/
Northwest Boulder Counties Above 9000 Feet-
South and Southeast Grand/West Central and Southwest Boulder/
Gilpin/Clear Creek/Summit/North and West Park Counties Above
9000 Feet-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-
Central and Southeast Park County-
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-
1006 AM MDT Sat Apr 26 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for northeast and north central
Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

It will be windy this afternoon with gusts up to 45 mph across
the eastern plains. An isolated thunderstorm or two is possible
late this afternoon as well over the plains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Warm, dry, and breezy conditions will create widespread elevated
to critical fire weather conditions Sunday afternoon. There is
also a slight chance of strong to severe thunderstorms in the late
afternoon and early evening in areas east of Sterling and Akron.

For the coming week, there will be a chance of afternoon and
evening thunderstorms each day, mainly in the mountains. Wednesday
afternoon and evening looks like the most active day. The threat
of severe weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 8:07 PM MDTDense Fog AdvisoryBOUElbert, Larimer, Lincoln, Logan, Phillips, Sedgwick and 2 more14 hr
Apr 26, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln23 min

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.