Red Flag Warning 9/20/10

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
424 AM MDT SUN SEP 19 2010

...VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS
WILL LEAD TO VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS...HIGHER
VALLEYS...FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON
INTO MONDAY EVENING.

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
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-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
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-
424 AM MDT SUN SEP 19 2010

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
MONDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 211...212...213...214...215...216...217...218...238...239...
240...241...242...243...244...245...246...247...248...249...
250 AND 251...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY
EVENING.


* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 211...GOULD...NORTH PARK...
RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 212...BERTHOUD
PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST
SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN
PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...PUMA HILLS...
TARRYALL MOUNTAINS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 213...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND
LAKE...GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...
KREMMLING...MIDDLE PARK...WILLIAMS FORK RESERVOIR...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...
GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...
BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO
SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 217...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE
RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
218...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW
CREEK PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY
OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...
ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...
BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE
BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...
FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDTY WILL DEVELOP BY
EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH IN THE
MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...10-15%

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH
DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER. FIRES WILL IGNITE
EASILY AND MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY.


PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE
CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS FIRE WEATHER WATCH.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
203 PM MDT SUN SEP 19 2010

...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXPECTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS... HIGHER VALLEYS...FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS FROM
MONDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY EVENING.

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
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-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
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-
203 PM MDT SUN SEP 19 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 211...212...
213...214...215...216...217...218...238...239...240...241...242...
243...244...245...246...247...248...249...250 AND 251...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM MDT MONDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 211...GOULD...NORTH PARK...
RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 212...BERTHOUD
PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST
SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN
PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...PUMA HILLS...
TARRYALL MOUNTAINS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 213...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND
LAKE...GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...
KREMMLING...MIDDLE PARK...WILLIAMS FORK RESERVOIR...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...
GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 215...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...
BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO
SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 217...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE
RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
218...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW
CREEK PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY
OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...
ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...
BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...GROVER...PAWNEE
BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...
FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDTY WILL DEVELOP
BY EARLY MONDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE THROUGH EARLY MONDAY
EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
IN THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...5-10%

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH
DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. FIRES
WILL IGNITE EASILY AND MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
407 AM MDT MON SEP 20 2010

...VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...

.VERY WARM TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY
WINDS WILL LEAD TO VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER ACROSS THE
MOUNTAINS...HIGHER VALLEYS...FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THERE WILL ALSP BE A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR
THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD BE DRY AND PRODUCE LITTLE
RAINFALL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
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-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
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-
407 AM MDT MON SEP 20 2010

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 211...212... 213...214...215...216...217...218...238...
239...240...241...242... 243...244...245...246...247...248...
249...250 AND 251...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 211...GOULD...NORTH PARK...
RAND...SPICER...WALDEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 212...BERTHOUD
PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST
SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN
PEAKS... KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...PUMA HILLS...
TARRYALL MOUNTAINS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 213...DILLON...FRASER...GRANBY...GRAND
LAKE... GREEN MOUNTAIN RESERVOIR...HOT SULPHUR SPRINGS...
KREMMLING... MIDDLE PARK...WILLIAMS FORK RESERVOIR...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 214... ELEVEN MILE CANYON RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...
GUFFEY...HARTSEL... LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 215...ESTES PARK... GLENDEVEY...LARAMIE RIVER VALLEY...
NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...
BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO
SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 217...EAST SLOPES PARK AND NORTHERN GORE
RANGES...GORE PASS...RABBIT EARS PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
218...CAMERON PASS...LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...
RABBIT EARS RANGE...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW
CREEK PASS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 238... FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER... GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...
LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240... AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY
OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...
ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... FIRE WEATHER ZONE 242...
BRIGGSDALE...EAST PAWNEE GRASSLANDS... GROVER...PAWNEE
BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...
FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 244...
BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 248...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ... FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 249...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS... FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 250...JULESBURG...OVID...SEDGWICK...FIRE WEATHER
ZONE 251...AMHERST...HAXTUN...HOLYOKE.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY WILL DEVELOP BY
THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL ALSO BE A
SLIGHT CHANCE FOR FEW DRY THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST TO WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH
IN THE MOUNTAINS AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS. GUSTS TO 40 MPH WEST OF
INTERSTATE 25.

* HUMIDITY...5-15%

* IMPACTS...THE COMBINATION OF WIND AND LOW HUMIDITY ALONG WITH
DRY FUELS WILL CREATE VERY HIGH TO EXTREME FIRE DANGER. FIRES
WILL IGNITE EASILY AND MAY SPREAD RAPIDLY. LIGHTING STRIKES
OUTSIDE OF RAIN SHAFTS MAY PRODUCE NEW FIRE STARTS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING OR IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE APPROPRIATE
OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED FLAG WARNING.