Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
340 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTH PARK AND THE SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS
SUNDAY...

.WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A CONTINUED DRY AIRMASS WILL BRING LOW
HUMIDITIES TO NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AGAIN SUNDAY. WESTERLY FLOW
ALOFT AND A TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE
WESTERLY SURFACE WINDS. THIS COMBINED WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS WILL
BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SOUTH PARK AND THE
SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS FROM 11 AM UNTIL 9 PM.

COZ214-216-260945-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0021.110626T1700Z-110627T0300Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
340 PM MDT SAT JUN 25 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY 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 FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT SUNDAY.

* 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...11 AM UNTIL 9 PM

* WIND...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 40 MPH

* HUMIDITY...6 TO 12 PERCENT

* IMPACTS...FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME
FIRE BEHAVIOR IF 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.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
403 AM MDT SUN JUN 26 2011

...INCREASED FIRE DANGER FOR SOUTH PARK AND THE SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS FROM LATE THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING...

.WARMER TEMPERATURES AND A CONTINUED DRY AIRMASS WILL BRING LOW
HUMIDITIES TO NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. WESTERLY FLOW ALOFT AND A
TIGHTENING SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE WESTERLY
SURFACE WINDS. THIS COMBINED WITH RECEPTIVE FUELS WILL BRING
CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS TO SOUTH PARK AND THE SOUTHERN
FOOTHILLS FROM 11 AM UNTIL 9 PM.

COZ214-216-262215-
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0021.110626T1700Z-110627T0300Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
403 AM MDT SUN JUN 26 2011

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

* 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...11 AM UNTIL 9 PM

* WIND...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO NEAR 35 MPH

* HUMIDITY...6 TO 12 PERCENT

* IMPACTS...FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND
EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR IF 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.