URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
448 AM MDT WED OCT 17 2012
.STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
THIS AFTERNOON AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE STATE. THE WINDS
WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO PRODUCE VERY HIGH
FIRE DANGERS THIS AFTERNOON.
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
448 AM MDT WED OCT 17 2012
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 6 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE NORTHEAST
COLORADO PLAINS...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238...239...240...241...
242...243...244...245...246...247...248...249...250 AND 251.
* TIMING...FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 6 PM THIS EVENING.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH DRY FUELS WILL INCREASE
THE POTENTIAL FOR RAPID FIRE GROWTH AND EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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.
