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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Pueblo CO

1231 AM MDT Sat Mar 21 2026



COZ220>230-237-212245-

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Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee

County-

Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant

Fossil Beds National Monument-

Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek-

Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf

Creek Pass and Creede-

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-

Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands-

1231 AM MDT Sat Mar 21 2026



...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO

11 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY

FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227,

228, 229, 230 AND 237...



* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 

  225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230 and 237.



* TIMING...From 11 AM this morning to 11 PM MDT this evening.



* WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph.



* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...4 to 10 percent.



* TEMPERATURES...Upper 80s to mid 90s.



* IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch 

  and spread rapidly and erratically.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions

are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of

strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can

contribute to extreme fire behavior.



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