569  
WWUS85 KBOU 291035  
RFWBOU  
 
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO  
335 AM MST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
COZ216-238>240-245>247-292300-  
/O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0017.241230T1800Z-241231T0000Z/  
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0034.241230T1400Z-241231T0000Z/  
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-  
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-  
335 AM MST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM MST MONDAY FOR  
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE  
FOOTHILLS...I-25 URBAN CORRIDOR...AND ADJACENT PLAINS...FIRE  
WEATHER ZONES 216...238 THROUGH 240...AND 245 THROUGH 247...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT  
FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM MST MONDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO LONGER  
IN EFFECT.  
 
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 216, 238, 239, 240, 245,  
246 AND 247.  
 
* TIMING...FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM MST MONDAY.  
 
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS TO AROUND 60 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...18-24 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
COZ241-243-292300-  
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0034.241230T1400Z-241231T0000Z/  
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-  
CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-  
335 AM MST SUN DEC 29 2024  
 
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM MST MONDAY FOR  
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE AND  
CENTRAL/SOUTHERN WELD COUNTY...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241 AND 243...  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG  
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT  
FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM MST MONDAY.  
 
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 241 AND 243.  
 
* TIMING...FROM 7 AM TO 5 PM MST MONDAY.  
 
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 60 MPH.  
 
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...20-25 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.  
 

 
 

 
 
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