FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED APRIL 21 AT 11:53PM MDT UNTIL APRIL 23 AT 8:00PM MDT
Effective: 2026-04-21 23:53:00 Local Time
Expires: 2026-04-23 20:00:00 Local Time
Issued by: NWS Denver CO
Alert Text
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 214, 216, 238, 239, 240,241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 249, 250 AND 251.
* TIMING...FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING, FROM 10 AM WEDNESDAY TO MIDNIGHT MDT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH, FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING, WEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH, NORTHWEST WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING, 5 TO 8 PERCENT. FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH, AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD. AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY PRODUCE A SPARK AND START A WILDFIRE.
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Target Area
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY, JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET GILPIN CLEAR CREEK NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET, LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY, BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY, NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET DENVER WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY, ELBERT CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET, NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY, CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY, MORGAN COUNTY, CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES, NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY, SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY, LOGAN COUNTY, WASHINGTON COUNTY, SEDGWICK COUNTY, PHILLIPS COUNTY