Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
339 PM MST THU MAR 10 2011

...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO ON FRIDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWEST NEAR
THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE...WHERE MINIMUM
HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 10-15 PERCENT RANGE. IN AREAS NORTHEAST
OF GREELEY AND LIMON IT WILL BE WINDY...BUT HUMIDITIES WILL BE
HIGHER SO THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED THERE.

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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-
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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-
339 PM MST THU MAR 10 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238...239...
240...241...243...245...246 AND 247...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY. THE
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...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 243...
EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...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.

* TIMING...RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL DROP INTO THE TEENS BY
MIDDAY FRIDAY ALONG WITH GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS.

* WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH
NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND
STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD
QUICKLY.

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.

&&

$$

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
339 PM MST THU MAR 10 2011

...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO LATE FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY
AFTERNOON...

.STRONG WINDS WILL OCCUR WITH THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT ACROSS
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO ON FRIDAY. HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWEST NEAR
THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE PALMER DIVIDE...WHERE MINIMUM
HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 10-15 PERCENT RANGE. IN AREAS NORTHEAST
OF GREELEY AND LIMON IT WILL BE WINDY...BUT HUMIDITIES WILL BE
HIGHER SO THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED THERE.

COZ215-216-111045-
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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-
339 PM MST THU MAR 10 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215 AND 216
AT ELEVATIONS BELOW 7500 FEET...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 6 PM MST FRIDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...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.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE LATE TONIGHT WITH HUMIDITIES DROPPING
INTO THE MID TEENS BY MIDDAY FRIDAY.

* WIND...WEST 25 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 65 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 20 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...DRY FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND STRONG WINDS
WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD QUICKLY IN AREAS
WITHOUT SNOW COVER...MAINLY BELOW 7500 FEET.

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
250 AM MST FRI MAR 11 2011

...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH TODAY...

.STRONG WINDS HAD DEVELOPED IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS
THROUGH THIS MORNING. GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS AND POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERY OVERNIGHT...THE BEGINNING OF THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS
BEEN MOVED UP TO THE PRESENT TIME FOR LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS. THE WARNING WILL ALSO BEGIN EARLIER ACROSS THE PLAINS
EAST OF I-25 AS GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD THROUGH DENVER AND LIMON
BY MID TO LATE MORNING.

HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWEST NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE PALMER
DIVIDE...WHERE MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 10-15 PERCENT
RANGE. IN AREAS NORTHEAST OF GREELEY AND LIMON IT WILL BE
WINDY BUT HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER.

COZ240-243-245>247-112200-
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NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD 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-
250 AM MST FRI MAR 11 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM
MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 240...243...245...246 AND 247...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM MST THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 240...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS
RANCH...LITTLETON...PARKER...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 243...EATON...
FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...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.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AROUND MID
MORNING AND CONTINUE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GRADUAL
IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS
TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL AND HUMIDITIES INCREASE.

* WIND...NORTHERLY WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AROUND 35 MPH.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND
STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD
QUICKLY.

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.

&&

$$

BARJENBRUCH

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
250 AM MST FRI MAR 11 2011

...GUSTY WINDS AND DRY FUELS WILL PRODUCE VERY HIGH FIRE DANGER
OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH TODAY...

.STRONG WINDS HAD DEVELOPED IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS
EARLY THIS MORNING...AND WILL SPREAD EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS
THROUGH THIS MORNING. GIVEN THE STRONG WINDS AND POOR HUMIDITY
RECOVERY OVERNIGHT...THE BEGINNING OF THE RED FLAG WARNING HAS
BEEN MOVED UP TO THE PRESENT TIME FOR LOCATIONS IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS. THE WARNING WILL ALSO BEGIN EARLIER ACROSS THE PLAINS
EAST OF I-25 AS GUSTY WINDS WILL SPREAD THROUGH DENVER AND LIMON
BY MID TO LATE MORNING.

HUMIDITIES WILL BE LOWEST NEAR THE FOOTHILLS AND ALONG THE PALMER
DIVIDE...WHERE MINIMUM HUMIDITIES WILL BE IN THE 10-15 PERCENT
RANGE. IN AREAS NORTHEAST OF GREELEY AND LIMON IT WILL BE
WINDY BUT HUMIDITIES WILL BE HIGHER.

COZ215-216-238-239-241-112200-
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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-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
250 AM MST FRI MAR 11 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 215...216...
238...239 AND 241...

THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MST THIS
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...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 238...FORT
COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...WEST PAWNEE
GRASSLANDS...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 239...ARVADA...BOULDER...
GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241...CASTLE
ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR.

* TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE FROM NOW
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT IS EXPECTED LATE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS TEMPERATURES BEGIN TO COOL AND
HUMIDITIES INCREASE.

* WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH. GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH WILL
OCCUR IN WIND PRONE AREAS IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...DRY CURED FUELS COMBINED WITH LOW HUMIDITY AND
STRONG WINDS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR FIRES TO START AND SPREAD
QUICKLY.

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.