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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
755 PM MDT THU MAR 13 2025
COZ227>233-141800-
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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-
CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY-
OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS-
EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON-
755 PM MDT THU MAR 13 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MDT
FRIDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER
ZONES 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, AND 233...
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227,
228, 229, 230, 231, 232, AND 233...
* AFFECTED AREA...FIRE WEATHER ZONES 227, 228, 229, 230, 231,
232 AND 233.
* TIMING...FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM MDT FRIDAY.
* WINDS...WEST 30 TO 40 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 65 MPH.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...AS LOW AS 9 PERCENT.
* 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.
COZ234>237-140300-
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KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS-BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS-
PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR-
BACA COUNTY INCLUDING SPRINGFIELD AND EASTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS-
755 PM MDT THU MAR 13 2025
...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 234,
235, 236, AND 237...
WINDS HAVE DECREASED AND HUMIDITY VALUES HAVE INCREASED ABOVE
CRITICAL THRESHOLDS. THEREFORE THE RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 8 PM FOR KIOWA, BENT, PROWERS AND BACA
COUNTIES.
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