Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1120 AM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...DRY AND WINDY CONDITIONS FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE AND ADJACENT
PLAINS...

.DRY SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW UNDER A BUILDING RIDGE AND A DEEPENING
SURFACE TROUGH WILL COMBINE TO BRING CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE...INTO THE SOUTHERN PART OF ZONE
240 AND THEN STRETCHING OVER ALL OF ZONES 246 AND 247. AS THE
SURFACE LOW MOVES SOUTH LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THE DIURNAL
EFFECTS TAKE PLACE...RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO DIMINISH
BY 5 PM.

COZ240-241-246-247-010000-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0001.110228T1820Z-110301T0000Z/
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD 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-
1120 AM MST MON FEB 28 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 240...241...
246 AND 247...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MST THIS AFTERNOON.


* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...DENVER
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER
...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS
...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246...AGATE...HUGO
LIMON...MATHESON...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247...FORDER...KARVAL
...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER.

* TIMING...THE PALMER DIVIDE IS CURRENTLY EXPERIENCING RED FLAG
CONDITIONS WHICH WILL SPREAD TO THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF ZONE 240
AND ALL OF 246 AND 247 WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO. WINDS WILL
DIMINISH BY 00Z.

* WIND...SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30
MPH.

* HUMIDITY...LOWEST HUMIDITIES RIGHT AROUND 10 PERCENT

* IMPACTS...LOW HUMIDITY AND GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH DRY
FUELS TO CREATE CONDITIONS FOR QUICK FIRE SPREAD IF ONE WERE TO
START.


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.