See the images here. Well over homes - and maybe up to 1, - were burned in the Marshall Fire, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said in a news conference at around 10 a. MST Friday, shortly after he and other officials flew over the affected areas. The flames ate through more than 9 square miles, much of it in neighborhoods in the suburban towns of Louisville and Superior.
While the fire is still burning in some areas, officials don't expect it to grow any larger, thanks to calmer winds and snow that is moving in. Seven injuries, including one first responder, had previously been reported and the sheriff and others had feared there would be more. President Joe Biden approved a major disaster declaration for the fire-ravaged areas, paving the way for federal disaster aid, Gov.
Jared Polis said during the Friday news briefing. The last 24 hours have been devastating," Polis said. Boulder County officials will hold a news briefing at 10 a. It will be livestreamed here. About 15, homes and business were without electricity in Boulder County as of about noon Friday, according to poweroutage. Other parts of the region had even higher gusts, with mph reported in Arvada, closer to Denver in Jefferson County.
While high winds aren't unusual for this part of Colorado, dry conditions this time of year are. Snowfall is at record low levels, too. The latest update from the U. Drought Monitor, released Thursday, shows much of Colorado in severe or extreme drought. Snow from a winter storm will bring relief to the fire ravaged areas Friday and Saturday. Winter storm warnings have been posted for parts of the Front Range, including Boulder, Fort Collins and the western Denver metro area.
Click here for the full forecast. Evacuation and pre-evacuation orders have been lifted for the Broomfield area, according to a tweet from police at about a. For a map of the latest evacuation zones please click here. Several fires were sparked Thursday afternoon.
Some were started by downed power lines amid the high winds, The Associated Press reported. The Marshall Fire exploded to 1, acres after being sparked just after 11 a. It then burned east into heavily populated suburban areas and burned at least homes in the Sagamore subdivision of Louisville and others in old town Superior, Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said. Both towns, with a total of about 34, residents, were evacuated, as were parts of nearby Broomfield. With nearly structures burned, the Marshall Fire now could be the most destructive fire in Colorado history in terms of the number of homes burned, 9News reports.
We actually had deputy sheriffs and firefighters in areas that had to pull out because they just got overrun," Pelle said. Jared Polis declared a state of emergency, which opens access to potential disaster relief funds. The National Guard was activated. The Marshall Fire was one of several being driven by exceptionally dry conditions and wind gusts in excess of mph. We'll be looking at a trace to an inch for the western portion of our region, inches in the middle and inches on the east part of the Tri-State.
You can see the map of our current forecast amounts below. The latest models in early Thursday afternoon are agreeing with a potent area of low pressure coming out of the Tennessee Valley and heading northeast into the Appalachian Mountain on Sunday. This would put a shield of snow over our area by the late morning hours and then around for the rest of the day.
Roads would become snow covered and more difficult as the day goes on too. If you plan to travel Sunday afternoon, evening or night, you need to take this forecast into consideration.
Roads will be even worse heading south into Lexington or into southern Ohio. At this point, our snowfall amount forecast is present with a "moderate" confidence. This means we are expecting snow, with the highest amounts to the east.
But we could still see some minor adjustments to the forecast between now and Sunday. So we encourage you to check back for the latest forecast prior to the event. Winter Storm Warnings will likely be out farther south and east, beyond our region. While snow won't be falling on Monday morning, left over issues on the road will continue, especially east of I
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