URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
232 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016
COZ239>241-245-249-141900-
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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-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-WASHINGTON COUNTY-
232 AM MDT MON MAR 14 2016
...
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE DENVER METRO
AREA...EASTERN DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES...ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...
AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...
245...AND 249...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 239...240...241...245 AND
249.
* TIMING...RED FLAG CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY THIS
AFTERNOON.
* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...GUSTY WEST WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY FUELS AND LOW
HUMIDITY TO CREATE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR RAPID RANGELAND
FIRE GROWTH AND SPREAD. AGRICULTURAL BURNING IS STRONGLY
DISCOURAGED ON MONDAY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW OR WILL OCCUR SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES...AND DRY FUELS CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR. IF A FIRE IS STARTED OR
ONGOING THE POTENTIAL FOR IT TO RAPIDLY SPREAD IS HIGH.