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RFWBOU
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1123 PM MDT WED MAR 11 2026
COZ238>249-122100-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.A.0015.260313T1700Z-260314T0200Z/
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0019.260312T1700Z-260313T0300Z/
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-
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-
1123 PM MDT WED MAR 11 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR
AND PLAINS...
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE URBAN
CORRIDOR AND PLAINS...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHER
WATCH FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM
FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238, 239, 240, 241, 242,
243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248 AND 249.
* TIMING...FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING, FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY. FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH, FROM FRIDAY MORNING
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...ON THURSDAY, WEST WINDS 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS 45 TO 70
MPH FOR THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND LOCATIONS WEST OF I-25, AND WEST
WINDS 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ELSEWHERE. ON FRIDAY,
WEST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS 30 TO 50 MPH, STRONGEST NEAR
THE CHEYENNE RIDGE.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...12 TO 18 PERCENT, DRIEST ROUGHLY ALONG AND
SOUTH OF I-70 AND AROUND THE DENVER METRO.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY PRODUCE A
SPARK AND START A WILDFIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
A FIRE WEATHER WATCH MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE FORECAST TO OCCUR. LISTEN FOR LATER FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE
RED FLAG WARNINGS.
COZ250-251-122100-
/O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0019.260312T1700Z-260313T0300Z/
SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
1123 PM MDT WED MAR 11 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT
THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SEDGWICK AND
PHILLIPS COUNTIES...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 250 AND 251.
* TIMING...FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY.
* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS 50 TO 55 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 15 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY PRODUCE A
SPARK AND START A WILDFIRE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A RED FLAG WARNING MEANS THAT CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS
ARE EITHER OCCURRING NOW....OR WILL SHORTLY. A COMBINATION OF
STRONG WINDS...LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AND WARM TEMPERATURES CAN
CONTRIBUTE TO EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR.
RODRIGUEZ
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