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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1235 PM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026

COZ220>222-224>229-231-232-234>236-161045-
/O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0035.260416T1700Z-260417T0300Z/
/O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0041.260416T1700Z-260417T0500Z/
Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee
County-
Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant
Fossil Beds National Monument-
Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek-
San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache-
Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet
Mountains/La Veta Pass-
Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest-
Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado
Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo-
Huerfano County Including Walsenburg-
Crowley County Including Ordway-
Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands-
Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas-
Prowers County Including Lamar-
1235 PM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 11 PM MDT THURSDAY
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 232, 234, 235,
AND 236...

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag
Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from 11 AM to 11 PM MDT Thursday. The Fire Weather Watch
is no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 220, 221, 222, 224, 225,
  226, 227, 228, 229, 231, 232, 234, 235 and 236.

* TIMING...From 11 AM to 11 PM MDT Thursday.

* WINDS...Southwest 20 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph over the
  high country, and gusts to 40 mph over the plains.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low 12 percent over the high country, and
  as low as 6 percent over the plains.

* IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch
  and spread rapidly and erratically.

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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