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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
652 PM MDT Thu Jun 18 2026


COZ220-191700-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0064.000000T0000Z-260619T0100Z/
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0056.260620T1700Z-260621T0400Z/
Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee
County-
652 PM MDT Thu Jun 18 2026

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING
THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONE 220...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 220.

* TIMING...From Saturday morning through Saturday evening.

* WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 55 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 6 percent.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
131 AM MDT Fri Jun 19 2026

COZ058>089-093>099-200745-
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-
131 AM MDT Fri Jun 19 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon
and evening. Storms will fire close to the Sangre de Cristos before
pushing east and quickly dissipating. Main impacts will be strong
outflow winds to 50 mph, lightning, and possibly some small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Wednesday

High fire danger will spread across Colorado on Saturday with strong
southwest winds, humidity values under 10 percent and hot
temperatures near 100 degrees. Strong to possibly severe
thunderstorms are expected along the dryline near the Kansas border
Saturday afternoon and evening. Main threats will be large hail and
gusty outflow winds, with a lower chance for an isolated tornado.

Increased chances for precipitation are forecast for Sunday into the
middle of next week. Several rounds of thunderstorms may be
possible, which includes periods of locally heavy rainfall.

Fire weather concerns will continue over the mountains, especially
the interior mountains, Sunday through next week as it will remain
dry, hot and breezy at times along the greater Continental Divide
region.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be possible over portions of the region.

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GARBEROGLIO/GARBEROGLIO

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