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• Red Flag Warning

  Expiring:

  06/20/2013 08:00pm

  Areas affected:

  Arapahoe, CO; Douglas, CO

  COZ241-201000-
  /O.CON.KBOU.FW.W.0010.130620T1800Z-130621T0200Z/
  ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
  758 PM MDT WED JUN 19 2013
  ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT
  THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE PALMER DIVIDE
  AREA...
  * AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 241.
  * TIMING...CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP
  THURSDAY AFTERNOON AS FUELS CONTINUE TO DRY AND WINDS
  INCREASE.
  * WINDS...SOUTH 10 TO 20 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 30 MPH.
  * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT.
  * IMPACTS...THE GUSTY WINDS AND VERY LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY MAY
  CAUSE RAPID FIRE GROWTH OR EXTREME FIRE BEHAVIOR OF ANY
  EXISTING OR NEW FIRES.
  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.