Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
425 AM MDT SAT OCT 15 2011

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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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
425 AM MDT SAT OCT 15 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR AREAS IN AND
NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH PARK...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...215...216...238 AND
239...THE FOOTHILLS BELOW 9000 FEET...SOUTH PARK...NORTHWEST
WELD COUNTY...AND THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF JEFFERSON...BOULDER...AND
LARIMER COUNTIES.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE THIS MORNING WITH VERY LOW
HUMIDITIES BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE HUMIDITIES WILL INCREASE WITH
A SLIGHT DECREASE IN THE WINDS THIS EVENING.

* WINDS...WEST 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...FIRE DANGER WILL BE VERY HIGH THIS AFTERNOON. FIRE
IGNITION WILL BE EASIER AND FIRES WILL SPREAD QUICKLY.

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.