Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
854 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2011

...HIGH TO EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE DANGER LIKELY FOR PARK COUNTY ON
TUESDAY...

.UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINATION WITH DRY VEGETATION TO
PRODUCE HIGH TO EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK IN
PARK COUNTY COLORADO ON TUESDAY. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP BY AROUND MIDDAY AND LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

COZ214-281500-
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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
854 PM MDT MON JUN 27 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT
TUESDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE
214...

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

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PREVAIL WITH GUSTS UP TO 35
MPH IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* TIMING...FROM 1200 MDT TO 2100 MDT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 8-15 PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S.

* LIGHTNING...COULD SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...AFTER
1400 MDT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM
TEMPERATURES...VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY
VEGETATION WILL POTENTIALLY PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
BEHAVIOR 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.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
407 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...HIGH TO EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE DANGER OR PARK COUNTY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINATION WITH DRY VEGETATION TO
PRODUCE HIGH TO EXTREME WILDLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK IN
PARK COUNTY. THESE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY AROUND
MIDDAY AND LINGER THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.

COZ214-282215-
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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
407 AM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 214...

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

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PREVAIL WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH
IN THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

* TIMING...FROM 1200 MDT TO 2100 MDT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 8-15
PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S.

* LIGHTNING...COULD SEE ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...
AFTER 1400 MDT.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...
VERY LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL
POTENTIALLY PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR
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.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
259 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS IN PARK COUNTY TIL MID
EVENING...AND MORE WIDESPREAD CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
POSSIBLE THURSDAY...

.UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH DRY VEGETATION TO
PRODUCE HIGH WILDLAND FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK THROUGH EARLY
EVENING.

ANOTHER ROUND OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP
THURSDAY AS GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE. THE WINDS WILL
INCREASE AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES PASSES TO THE NORTH OF THE
REGION. TEMPERATURES WILL REMAIN WELL ABOVE NORMAL...WITH
HUMIDITIES EXPECTED TO DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT. HIGH BASED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LITTLE RAINFALL MAY ALSO CONTRIBUTE TO NEW
FIRE STARTS.

COZ214-290900-
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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
259 PM MDT TUE JUN 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
THURSDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 214...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY
EVENING.

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

* TIMING...UNTIL 2100 MDT TONIGHT...AND FROM 1100 MDT TO 2100 MDT
THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 10 TO 20 MPH WILL PREVAIL WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
MPH UNTIL MID EVENING. ON THURSDAY...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25
MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 8-15
PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE MID 70S TO LOWER 80S.

* LIGHTNING...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME DRY...COULD LEAD
TO NEW FIRE STARTS.

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...VERY
LOW HUMIDITIES...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL POTENTIALLY
PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER BEHAVIOR 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.

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE
CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.