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WWUS85 KBOU 020558
RFWBOU
URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1158 PM MDT WED APR 1 2026
COZ246-020700-
/O.CAN.KBOU.FW.A.0023.260402T1800Z-260403T0200Z/
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
1158 PM MDT WED APR 1 2026
...FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS CANCELLED FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE
HUMIDITY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF ELBERT COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE FIRE
WEATHER WATCH.
LIGHT RAIN OCCURRED WEDNESDAY EVENING, WHICH SHOULD AID FIRE
WEATHER CONCERNS DESPITE GUSTY WINDS AND LOWER HUMIDITY DEVELOPING
THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
COZ247-022100-
/O.UPG.KBOU.FW.A.0023.260402T1800Z-260403T0200Z/
/O.NEW.KBOU.FW.W.0030.260402T1800Z-260403T0200Z/
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
1158 PM MDT WED APR 1 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY. THE FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247.
* TIMING...FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT THURSDAY.
* WINDS...SOUTH 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 35 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 13 PERCENT.
* IMPACTS...CONDITIONS WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR RAPID FIRE SPREAD.
AVOID OUTDOOR BURNING AND ANY ACTIVITY THAT MAY PRODUCE A
SPARK AND START A WILDFIRE.
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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