Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
304 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2011

...FIRE DANGER INCREASING TODAY...

.WARMER AND VERY DRY AIR WILL BE MOVING OVER COLORADO TODAY. THIS
WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER OVER SOUTH PARK
TODAY. THE FIRE DANGER WILL ALSO BE ELEVATED ON THE PLAINS SOUTH
OF INTERSTATE 70 WHICH RECEIVED LESS RAIN THAN NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO DID IN MAY.

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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
304 AM MDT TUE MAY 31 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
214...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON
RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH
PARK.

* TIMING...HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS BY MIDDAY
AND GUSTY WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. CONDITIONS WILL
IMPROVE THIS EVENING.

* WIND...BECOMING SOUTHWEST 12 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 30 MPH THIS
AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...LOWERING TO 3 TO 7 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRES WILL START EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.