Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
348 AM MDT THU JUN 17 2010

...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
220 THROUGH 222...AND 224 THROUGH 229...WHICH INCLUDES THE UPPER
ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...
FREMONT COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE...
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY AND
HUERFANO COUNTY...FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM THURSDAY. THIS WARNING IS
FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES INDICES...AND DRY
FUELS...

...A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
220 THROUGH 222 AND FOR 224 THROUGH 227...WHICH INCLUDES
LAKE...CHAFEE...FREMONT...AND TELLER COUNTIES AND THE RAMPART
RANGE...THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY AND
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM
FRIDAY. THIS WATCH IS FOR GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITY...HIGH HAINES
INDICES...AND DRY FUELS...

.THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO...IN COORDINATION WITH
AREA LAND MANAGEMENT AGENCIES...HAS CONTINUED A RED FLAG WARNING
FOR THE UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY...TELLER COUNTY AND THE
RAMPART RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY...THE
SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE...NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...
PUEBLO COUNTY AND HUERFANO COUNTY...FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM
THURSDAY. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES BELOW 15 PERCENT...GUSTY SOUTHWEST
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 25 MPH...HAINES INDICES OF 5 OR 6...AND DRY
FUELS WILL RESULT IN CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON UNTIL 9 PM
FRIDAY LAKE...CHAFEE...FREMONT...AND TELLER COUNTIES AND THE
RAMPART RANGE...THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE...THE SAN LUIS VALLEY
AND NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY FOR SIMILAR CONDITIONS.

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TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE-SAN LUIS VALLEY-SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE-
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY-
348 AM MDT THU JUN 17 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING...

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING. A FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING FIRE WEATHER ZONES...
IN COLORADO...221...224...225...226...227

THE COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH
AT TIMES ALONG WITH RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES BELOW 15 PERCENT AND
HIGH HAINES INDICES WILL ALLOW FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR SHOULD A
FIRE SHOULD START ON THURSDAY. SIMILAR CONDITIONS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ON FRIDAY.

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 WILL
CREATE EXPLOSIVE FIRE GROWTH POTENTIAL.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
352 AM MDT THU JUN 17 2010


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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
352 AM MDT THU JUN 17 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214 AND 216...

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


* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON
RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH
PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART
RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL RAPIDLY INCREASE EARLY THIS MORNING AND THEN
DECREASE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* WIND...WEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL
AFFECT THE AREA THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON. A FEW GUSTS MAY
APPROACH 80 MPH ALONG THE FOOTHILLS THIS MORNING.

* HUMIDITY...HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 7 TO 15 PERCENT
THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF STRONG GUSTY WEST WINDS AND LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL ALLOW FOR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
SHOULD A FIRE SHOULD START.

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.