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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
744 PM MDT THU APR 2 2026
COZ247-032100-
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SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
744 PM MDT THU APR 2 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR LINCOLN COUNTY...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND
AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO, INCLUDING SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 247.
* TIMING...FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 10 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.
COZ238>245-248>251-032100-
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LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-LOGAN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
744 PM MDT THU APR 2 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY FOR
WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND ALL OF
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A RED FLAG
WARNING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT
FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 238, 239, 240, 241, 242,
243, 244, 245, 248, 249, 250 AND 251.
* TIMING...FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 35 MPH, WITH GUSTS AROUND 45 MPH. GUSTS
AS HIGH AS 60 MPH NEAR THE FOOTHILLS OF BOULDER AND LARIMER
COUNTIES.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 16 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.
COZ246-032100-
/O.EXT.KBOU.FW.W.0031.260403T1400Z-260404T0100Z/
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
744 PM MDT THU APR 2 2026
...RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY
FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO, INCLUDING EASTERN ELBERT AND NORTHERN LINCOLN
COUNTIES...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONE 246.
* TIMING...FROM 8 AM TO 7 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* WINDS...NORTHWEST 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 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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