Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
348 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2011

...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL OCCUR THURSDAY...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME QUITE STRONG BY
AFTERNOON. WITH THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...THE WILDLAND FIRE DANGER WILL
INCREASE AS WELL. BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON...THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS...SOUTH PARK...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE EASTWARD THROUGH
LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL SEE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME
WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS DEVELOP. HIGH BASED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO
CONTRIBUTE TO NEW FIRE STARTS.

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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
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-
348 PM MDT WED JUN 29 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...215...
216...241...246 AND 247...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON
RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH
PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...
LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...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 1100 MDT TO 2100 MDT THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH...WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE
AFTERNOON. STRONGER GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15
PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL RANGE FROM THE 80S IN THE FOOTHILLS
AND SOUTH PARK...TO THE LOWER 90S ON THE PALMER DIVIDE.

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

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES...LOW
HUMIDITIES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DRY VEGETATION WILL PRODUCE
DANGEROUS WILDLAND FIRE 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
505 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2011

...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER WILL OCCUR TODAY...

.SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE AND BECOME QUITE STRONG BY THIS
AFTERNOON. WITH THE COMBINATION OF UNSEASONABLY WARM TEMPERATURES
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...THE WILDLAND FIRE DANGER WILL
INCREASE AS WELL. BY THIS AFTERNOON...THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS...SOUTH PARK...AND THE PALMER DIVIDE EASTWARD THROUGH
LINCOLN AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES WILL SEE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME
WILDLAND FIRE BEHAVIOR CONDITIONS DEVELOP. HIGH BASED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS COULD ALSO
CONTRIBUTE TO NEW FIRE STARTS.

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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
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-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
505 AM MDT THU JUN 30 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 ZONE 214...215...216...241...246...247...AND 249.

A RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* TIMING...FROM 1100 MDT TO 2100 MDT THURSDAY.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
STRONGER GUSTS TO 45 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...MINIMUM VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15
PERCENT.

* TEMPERATURES...HIGHS WILL BE IN THE MID 90S.

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

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