RED FLAG WARNING JUN 11 2013

Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
440 AM MDT TUE JUN 11 2013

...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH
PARK TODAY...

COZ214-216-246-247-111845-
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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
440 AM MDT TUE JUN 11 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SOUTHERN
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND PARK COUNTY AS WELL AS EASTERN ELBERT
AND LINCOLN COUNTIES...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...216...246 AND 247.

* TIMING...9 AM TO 9 PM TUESDAY.

* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 5 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS...LOW HUMIDITIES...AND RECORD HIGH
TEMPERATURES WILL CAUSE RAPID FIRE GROWTH OR EXTREME FIRE
BEHAVIOR OF ANY FIRES THAT START.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW...OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND VERY WARM TEMPERATURES
CAN CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
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