NWS Issues: Red Flag Warning Oct 28, Fire Weather Watch Oct 29 for Southeast Colorado


Description: The National Weather Service Office of Pueblo, Colorado has Issued a Red Flag Warning for Oct 28th and a Fire Weather Watch for Oct 29th...

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 311 AM MDT Mon Oct 28 2024

...A Red Flag Warning remains in effect for Monday from 11 AM to 6 PM MDT for portions of the Southeast Plains of Colorado...

...A Fire Weather Watch has been issued from Tuesday morning through Tuesday afternoon for portions of the Southeast Plains of Colorado...

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- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Bent County Including Las Animas-Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 311 AM MDT Mon Oct 28 2024

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 232, 233, 235, 236, AND 237...

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 232, 233, 235, 236, AND 237...

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Fire Weather Watch for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from Tuesday morning through Tuesday afternoon.

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 232, 233, 235, 236 and 237.

* WINDS...Southwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent.

* IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise extreme caution with any outdoor burning.

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. A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible Red Flag Warnings.