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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1248 AM MDT Mon Apr 20 2026

COZ058>089-093>099-210700-
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-
1248 AM MDT Mon Apr 20 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Gusty winds and low humidity values will produce Red Flag
conditions this afternoon and evening over Baca and Prowers
Counties.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Warm, dry and very windy conditions will return for Wednesday and
Thursday with widespread critical fire weather conditions likely
over the majority of the region, and extremely critical
conditions possible Wednesday afternoon over and near the Sangre
de Cristo Range. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are forecast
for the mountains at times beginning Tuesday and continuing off
and on through Thursday, bringing the potential for occasional
lightning and gusty winds, but only spotty light rainfall. Shower
chances then increase area-wide late week into next weekend as a
weather system moves across the region, pushing a cold front
through the southeast plains.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight.

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10/10

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1216 AM MDT Mon Apr 20 2026

COZ220>222-224>235-202230-
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/O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0045.260422T1600Z-260423T0600Z/
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-
Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher-
Crowley County Including Ordway-
Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands-
Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon-
Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas-
1216 AM MDT Mon Apr 20 2026

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE
WEATHER ZONES 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230,
231, 232, 233, 234, AND 235...

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag
Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in
effect from 10 AM Wednesday to midnight MDT Wednesday night. The
Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 220, 221, 222, 224, 225,
  226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234 and 235.

* TIMING...From 10 AM Wednesday to midnight MDT Wednesday night.

* WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent.

* IMPACTS...Extreme fire danger is expected. Fires will
  uncontrollably spread and be very destructive.

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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