Fire Weather Watch Upgraded to Red Flag Warning 6/24/13

Fire Weather Watch

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1152 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

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GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
1152 PM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
FOR MIDDLE AND SOUTH PARKS IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...AND FOR
DOUGLAS AND WESTERN ELBERT COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213...214 AND 241.

* TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
POTENTIALLY CAUSE RAPID FIRE GROWTH OR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR OF
ANY EXISTING OR NEW FIRES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND A POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNING.
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Hazardous Weather Outlook - June 23-29

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1057 AM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-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-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
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-
1057 AM MDT SUN JUN 23 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER AND ALONG THE
FRONT RANGE OF NORTHEAST COLORADO BY AROUND MID AFTERNOON...AND
THEN SPREAD EAST OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THROUGH THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS. STORMS MAINLY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE
25 CORRIDOR MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS TO
70 MPH AND EVEN A TORNADO OR TWO POSSIBLE. A DENVER CYCLONE AND
CONVERGENCE ZONE DEVELOPING BY MID-AFTERNOON MAY ACT AS A FOCUS
FOR EARLY STORM FORMATION ON THE PLAINS. STORMS ARE LIKELY TO
INTENSIFY AS THEY MOVE INTO MORE MOIST AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS
PRESENT ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLORADO. THESE STORMS MAY
ALSO PRODUCE RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IN A SHORT
PERIOD OF TIME.

THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN THE HIGH COUNTRY THIS AFTERNOON WILL
HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS...SMALL HAIL AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. MOST OF THIS STORM ACTIVITY SHOULD COME TO AN
END BY AROUND SUNSET.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER ON MONDAY. THAT`S ABOUT IT...DRY AND
HOT WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA MUCH OF THIS
COMING WORK WEEK. THE CHANCE OF LATE DAY SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY RETURN FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALONG WITH A COOLER
AIRMASS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NECESSARY AT 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
HOWEVER SHOULD STORMS BEGINNING FORMING EARLIER THAN EXPECTED
OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...ACTIVATION MAY BE MOVED UP.

Red Flag Warning
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
944 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH. IN ADDITION...CLOUDS WILL DECREASE AND
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

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GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
944 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE MOUNTAIN VALLEYS OF
PARK AND GRAND COUNTIES AND ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE PALMER
DIVIDE....

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 213...214 AND 241.

* TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
POTENTIALLY CAUSE RAPID FIRE GROWTH OR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
OF ANY EXISTING OR NEW FIRES.

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 WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
944 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

GUSTY WEST TO SOUTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON FOLLOWING THE PASSAGE OF A WEAK UPPER LEVEL
LOW PRESSURE TROUGH. IN ADDITION...CLOUDS WILL DECREASE AND
TEMPERATURES WILL RISE CAUSING RELATIVE HUMIDITIES TO FALL
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

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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-
944 AM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING FROM 12 PM TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHERN
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND FOR EASTERN ELBERT AND LINCOLN
COUNTIES...

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

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

* TIMING...MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 30 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
POTENTIALLY CAUSE RAPID FIRE GROWTH OR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
OF ANY EXISTING OR NEW FIRES.

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 WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.

Red Flag Warning extended from 2100 hours tonight to 0600 hours Tuesday morning.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
232 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

STRONG AND ERRATIC CHINOOK WINDS ARE LIKELY TO DEVELOP IN THE
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS OF NORTHERN COLORADO OVERNIGHT. THESE
GUSTY DOWNSLOPE WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED IN THE
FOOTHILLS...WITH HIGHER GUSTS POSSIBLE ON THE MOUNTAIN TOPS. ALSO
ANTICIPATE POOR RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERY OVERNIGHT WITH MINIMUM
RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES RANGING FROM 15 TO 25 PERCENT. CONDITIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO IMPROVE BY MORNING WITH WIND SPEEDS ON THE
DECREASE.

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JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
232 PM MDT MON JUN 24 2013

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHERN FRONT
RANGE FOOTHILLS IN NORTHERN COLORADO.

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT
TUESDAY FOR GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE
SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS IN NORTHERN COLORADO...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR GUSTY CHINOOK WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO 6 AM MDT TUESDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216.

* TIMING...REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT.

* WINDS...WEST TO SOUTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO AROUND
35 MPH. THE STRONGER GUSTS EXPECTED OVERNIGHT.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL
POTENTIALLY CAUSE RAPID FIRE GROWTH OR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR
OF ANY EXISTING OR NEW FIRES.

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 WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.