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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
806 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

COZ058>089-093>099-140215-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-
Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-
Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
806 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Showers and a few embedded thunderstorms across the far southeast
plains will continue to push east into western Kansas through the
late evening. The main threat from any storm for the rest of the
evening will be cloud to ground lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

A passing front increases the chances of showers and storms
across Eastern Colorado on Saturday. Dry and breezy conditions
continue to create critical fire weather conditions across the
Central mountains and into the middle Arkansas River Valley once
again.

Much cooler and unsettled weather is predicted for Sunday into
early next week. Warmer and drier conditions return for the entire
area by the middle and end of next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will not be needed for the rest of tonight.

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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
756 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

COZ220-131800-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FW.W.0060.000000T0000Z-260613T0200Z/
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0061.260613T1700Z-260614T0100Z/
Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee
County-
756 PM MDT Fri Jun 12 2026

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT
SATURDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONE 220...

...RED FLAG WARNING OR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR
FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220 WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 220.

* WINDS...West 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 35 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 9 percent.

* IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise
  extreme caution with any outdoor burning.

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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