FIRE WEATHER WATCH
FIRE WEATHER WATCH ISSUED MAY 16 AT 12:33AM MDT UNTIL MAY 17 AT 9:00PM MDT
Effective: 2026-05-16 00:33:00
Expires: 2026-05-17 21:00:00
Issued by: NWS Pueblo CO
Alert Text
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 222, 225, 228, 229, 230,231, 232, 233, 235 AND 237.
* TIMING...FOR THE RED FLAG WARNING, FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING. FOR THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH, FROM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING.
* WINDS...SOUTHWEST 15 TO 30 MPH ON SATURDAY AND 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH ON SUNDAY.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 8 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IS EXPECTED. FIRES WILL CATCH AND SPREAD RAPIDLY AND ERRATICALLY.
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Target Area
FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY HOWARD TEXAS CREEK, SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE INCLUDING SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS WET MOUNTAINS LA VETA PASS, 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, BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS, BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS
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