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URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
229 PM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

COZ221-222-224>231-234>236-180300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0025.000000T0000Z-250418T0300Z/
Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant
Fossil Beds National Monument-
Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek-
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-
Crowley County Including Ordway-Kiowa County Including Eads-
Bent County Including Las Animas-Prowers County Including Lamar-
229 PM MDT Thu Apr 17 2025

...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES
221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235, AND
236...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 221, 222, 224, 225, 226,
  227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 234, 235 and 236.

* WINDS...Southwest 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 50 to 60 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...5 to 10 percent.

* IMPACTS...Extreme fire danger is expected. Fires will
  uncontrollably spread and be very destructive.

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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