Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
238 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

COZ214-239-240-245-242045-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0008.110324T1800Z-110325T0200Z/
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK 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-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
238 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
214...239...240 AND 245...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 214...ELEVEN MILE CANYON
RESERVOIR...FAIRPLAY...GUFFEY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH
PARK...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
245...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER.

* TIMING...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY WITH HUMIDITIES
LOWERING THROUGH THE DAY.

* WIND...WEST WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH WILL
DEVELOP BEHIND A COLD FRONT AROUND MID AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...WILL FALL 10 TO 15 THIS AFTERNOON%

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

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
238 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

COZ216-241-246-247-242045-
/O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0005.110324T1800Z-110325T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0008.110324T1800Z-110325T0200Z/
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
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-
238 AM MDT THU MAR 24 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
216...241...246 AND 247...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS
EVENING. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.

* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 216...BAILEY...CENTRAL
CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...NORTHERN
RAMPART RANGE...TARRYALL...WESTCREEK...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...WINDS WILL INCREASE EARLY THURSDAY WITH HUMIDITIES
LOWERING THROUGH THE DAY.

* WIND...SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 40 MPH
WILL SHIFT TO THE WEST AROUND MID AFTERNOON.

* HUMIDITY...WILL FALL TO 8-15% THIS AFTERNOON.

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

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.