FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED APRIL 22 AT 11:02PM MDT UNTIL APRIL 24 AT 9:00PM MDT
Effective: 2026-04-22 23:02:00 Local Time
Expires: 2026-04-24 21:00:00 Local Time
Issued by: NWS Pueblo CO
Alert Text
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FIRE WEATHERWATCH FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING. THE RED FLAG WARNING FOR THIS EVENING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236 AND 237.
* TIMING...FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING, FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM MDT THURSDAY. FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH, FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 7 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED. FIRES WILL CATCH AND SPREAD RAPIDLY AND ERRATICALLY.
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Target Area
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, PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR, BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS
