Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
612 AM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

...STRONG WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY TODAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HIGH VALLEYS
...THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PALMER DIVIDE...

.DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW AHEAD OF A DISTURBANCE WILL HELP HUMIDITY
READINGS DROP INTO THE LOW TEENS TO SINGLE DIGITS SOUTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 70 CORRIDOR TODAY. THIS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS AFTERNOON. THE DISTURBANCE WILL BE ABLE
TO INITIATE A FEW HIGH BASED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON AS
WELL. WITH THE GENERALLY DRY AIRMASS...ANY THUNDERSTORM WILL HAVE
LIGHT RAINFALL AMOUNTS...ADDING TO THE FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS.

COZ212-214-216-241-246-247-162100-
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0020.110616T1700Z-110617T0200Z/
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
612 AM MDT THU JUN 16 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 212...214... 216...241...246 AND 247...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 212...BERTHOUD PASS...
BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES
SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...
KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...PUMA HILLS...TARRYALL
MOUNTAINS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...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...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...
FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...
HUGO...LIMON... MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...
KARVAL...KUTCH... PUNKIN CENTER.

* TIMING...FROM 11AM THROUGH 8PM THURSDAY.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS
35 MPH...POTENTIALLY HIGHER ON HIGH RIDGES.

* HUMIDITY...8 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS WILL CREATE RAPID FIRE
GROWTH CONDITIONS.

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.