RED FLAG WARNING
RED FLAG WARNING ISSUED APRIL 22 AT 8:44PM MDT UNTIL APRIL 23 AT 7:00PM MDT
Effective: 2026-04-22 20:44:00 Local Time
Expires: 2026-04-23 19:00:00 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 FIRST RED FLAG WARNING, UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. FOR THE SECOND RED FLAG WARNING, FROM 11 AM TO 7 PM MDT THURSDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH, WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND SOUTH PARK THROUGH EARLY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 PERCENT THURSDAY.
* 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