[EAS] Forecasters are now rethinking Red Flag fire standards

[Sean Donelan]

https://coloradosun.com/2022/01/19/marshall-fire-red-flag-warning/

Some experts say they're concerned that muddled messaging, not originally 
intended to warn the public, fails to effectively warn people about 
threats in disaster-prone areas.

The National Weather Service in Boulder is reviewing how it warns the 
public about high fire danger after embers carried by 100 mph wind gusts 
exploded into the most destructive inferno in Colorado history.

The office said it plans to review the standards it uses to declare red 
flag warnings, and whether to reduce the threshold to put them in place in 
advance of dangerous conditions. In many Colorado counties, including 
Boulder County, a red flag warning automatically triggers a county burn 
ban applying to private and public lands.

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