Red Flag Warning for Tuesday - Jeffco, Park Co, Clear Creek County

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
240 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2015

...STRONG WINDS WILL INCREASE THE FIRE DANGER ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEAST COLORADO ON TUESDAY...

.STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP AS A STORM SYSTEM EXITS NORTHEAST
COLORADO TUESDAY MORNING. THE WIND WILL PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY.
LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES IN THE TEENS AND SOME DRY FUELS WILL
LIKELY FURTHER EXACERBATE THE FIRE DANGER.

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JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
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-
240 PM MDT MON MAR 23 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM TO 6 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR
WIND...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND DRY FUELS FOR THE SOUTHERN FRONT
RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT URBAN CORRIDOR...

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

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 216...239 AND 240.

* TIMING...STRONG WINDS WILL DEVELOP TUESDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

* WINDS...WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...NEW AND EXISTING FIRES MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID FIRE
GROWTH.

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.