Red Flag Warning for Park County Noon-8pm 4/8/15

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
523 AM MDT WED APR 8 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING FROM NOON UNTIL 8 PM TODAY FOR STRONG WINDS
AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTH PARK...THE PALMER DIVIDE AND LINCOLN
AND EASTERN ELBERT COUNTIES...

COZ214-241-246-247-082100-
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0007.150408T1800Z-150409T0200Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
523 AM MDT WED APR 8 2015

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER
DIVIDE AREA AND PARK COUNTY.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...241...246 AND 247.

* TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL FALL BELOW 15 PERCENT WITH
WINDS OVER 35 MPH AROUND NOON. THESE CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST
THROUGH EARLY TO MID EVENING.

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

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

* IMPACTS...VERY WARM AND GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND DRY
CONDITIONS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE FIRE
GROWTH AND RAPID FIRE SPREAD PARTICULARLY ON OPEN RANGELAND.

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.