Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
431 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011

...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED FOR TUESDAY...

.STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY
ON MONDAY. VERY DRY FUELS WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND
SPREAD RAPIDLY. VERY DRY AIR AND SOUTH WINDS JUST OFF THE GROUND
WILL SURFACE THIS MORNING...THEN HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FASTER TODAY THAN ON MOST RED FLAG
DAYS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS FROM DENVER SOUTHWARD.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS
AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN ELEVATE THE FIRE
DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST
PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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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-
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-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
431 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR TODAY IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10
AM THIS MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...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 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 249...AKRON...
COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
DEVELOP THIS MORNING AND CONDITIONS WILL WORSEN THIS AFTERNOON.
THERE WILL BE GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT THIS EVENING. RED FLAG
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

* WIND...SOUTH WINDS WILL INCREASE TO 15 TO 25 MPH BY MIDDAY... AND
20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH DURING THE AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO
12 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES AND
VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE WILL PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID
GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 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
431 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011

...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS EXPECTED TODAY...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED FOR TUESDAY...

.STRONG GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS...VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY
VALUES...AND ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY
ON MONDAY. VERY DRY FUELS WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND
SPREAD RAPIDLY. VERY DRY AIR AND SOUTH WINDS JUST OFF THE GROUND
WILL SURFACE THIS MORNING...THEN HUMIDITIES WILL DROP INTO THE
SINGLE DIGITS AND STRONG WIND GUSTS WILL DEVELOP BY EARLY AFTERNOON.

CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE FASTER TODAY THAN ON MOST RED FLAG
DAYS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS FROM DENVER SOUTHWARD.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER ON TUESDAY...GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS
AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL AGAIN ELEVATE THE FIRE
DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND NORTHEAST
PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
431 AM MDT MON MAR 21 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH
TUESDAY EVENING FOR FOR STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS...VERY LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY AND A HIGH HAINES INDEX...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS
MORNING TO 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON
RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH
PARK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...
EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN RAMPART
RANGE...TARRYALL AND WESTCREEK.

* TIMING...GUSTY SOUTHWEST WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL DEVELOP BY MIDDAY AND PERSIST THOUGH THIS EVENING. THERE
WILL BE SOME IMPROVEMENT OVERNIGHT THOUGH WINDS WILL REMAIN
STRONG...AND THEN RED FLAG CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY AGAIN ON TUESDAY.

* WIND...SOUTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH AND HIGHER GUSTS TO
AROUND 45 MPH IN OPEN TERRAIN ARE EXPECTED DURING THE
AFTERNOON. EVEN STRONGER WINDS ARE POSSIBLE ON TUESDAY.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 6 TO
12 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...ABNORMALLY WARM TEMPERATURES...AND
VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL COMBINE WITH AN UNSTABLE
ATMOSPHERE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH
AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE 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
618 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 216 AND 239... ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES...214... 215...238... 240...241...242...243...244...
245...246...247... 248...249...250 AND 251.

.STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS FROM BOULDER SOUTH TO GOLDEN ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES. VERY DRY FUELS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...
WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN ELEVATE THE
FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND
NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

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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-
618 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT
THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 240...241...242...243...244...245...246...247...248...249...
250 AND 251...

* TIMING...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOLLOWING
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR DURING THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 20 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH
GUSTS FROM 45 TO 60 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON...STRONGEST ALONG THE
COLORADO AND WYOMING STATELINE.

* HUMIDITY...12 TO 18 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID
GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS.

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
618 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 216 AND 239... ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES...214... 215...238... 240...241...242...243...244...
245...246...247... 248...249...250 AND 251.

.STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS FROM BOULDER SOUTH TO GOLDEN ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES. VERY DRY FUELS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...
WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN ELEVATE THE
FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND
NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

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CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
618 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
10 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 214...215 AND 238...

* TIMING...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP FOLLOWING
THE PASSAGE OF A COLD FRONT THIS MORNING. THE STRONGEST WINDS
WILL OCCUR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.

* WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH WILL OCCUR WITH
GUSTS FROM 65 MPH TO 75 MPH LATE IN THE AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...12 TO 17 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL
COMBINE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID GROWTH
AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS.

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
618 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS THROUGH THIS EVENING FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 216 AND 239... ...EXTREME FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES...214... 215...238... 240...241...242...243...244...
245...246...247... 248...249...250 AND 251.

.STRONG NORTHWEST TO WEST WINDS WILL OCCUR TODAY IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS FROM BOULDER SOUTH TO GOLDEN ALONG WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES. VERY DRY FUELS...ESPECIALLY THIS AFTERNOON...
WILL ALLOW FIRES TO IGNITE EASILY AND SPREAD RAPIDLY.

ALTHOUGH IT WILL BE MUCH COOLER TODAY...GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST
WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL ONCE AGAIN ELEVATE THE
FIRE DANGER ACROSS SOUTH PARK...THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND
NORTHEAST PLAINS. THE STRONGEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR LATE
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING.

COZ216-239-222200-
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JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
618 AM MDT TUE MAR 22 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
216 AND 239...

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL
CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN
RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...FIRE WEATHER ZONE
239...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CONTINUE
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL BE GRADUAL
IMPROVEMENT LATER THIS EVENING.

* WIND...WEST WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL OCCUR
THROUGH THIS MORNING. STRONGER WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS 25 TO 35 MPH
WITH GUSTS FROM 65 TO 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON
INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY VALUES WILL RANGE FROM 12 TO
17 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...IN SPITE OF THE COOLER TEMPERATURES AND BRIEF SHOWER
ACTIVITY THIS MORNING...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE FAVORABLE CONDITIONS FOR THE RAPID
GROWTH AND SPREAD OF WILDLAND FIRES THROUGH CURED FUELS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT. PLEASE ADVISE THE
APPROPRIATE OFFICIALS AND FIRE CREWS IN THE FIELD OF THIS RED
FLAG WARNING.

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.