Red Flag Warning

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
403 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2011

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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-
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-
403 PM MDT WED MAR 30 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214...215...
216...238...239...240...241 AND 243...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MDT THURSDAY.

* AFFECTED AREA...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 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.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS AND WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES LATE THURSDAY MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THURSDAY
AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL TAPER OFF THURSDAY EVENING OVER THE
PLAINS...BUT PERSIST IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS. RELATIVE
HUMIDITIES WILL CLIMB ABOVE 15 PERCENT EARLY THURSDAY EVENING.
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN
FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.

* WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP BY
LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE 10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY 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.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
511 AM MDT THU MAR 31 2011

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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-
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-
511 AM MDT THU MAR 31 2011

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO
6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 214...215... 216...238...239...240...241 AND 243...

* AFFECTED AREA...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 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.

* TIMING...GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES
LATE THIS MORNING AND PERSIST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. WINDS WILL
TAPER OFF THIS EVENING OVER THE PLAINS...BUT PERSIST IN AND NEAR
THE FOOTHILLS. RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CLIMB ABOVE 15 PERCENT
EARLY THIS EVENING. GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES WILL BE
POSSIBLE AGAIN FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS.

* WIND...WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH WILL DEVELOP
BY LATE MORNING. GUSTS TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR
THE FOOTHILLS.

* HUMIDITY...MINIMUM RELATIVE HUMIDITY WILL BE 10 TO 15 PERCENT.

* IMPACTS...STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS WILL COMBINE WITH LOW
RELATIVE HUMIDITY 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.