NWS Issues Red Flag Warning for Southeast Colorado March 1 & 2, 2024

Description: The National Weather Service Office of has Issued a Fire Weather Watch for Southeast Colorado this Friday and Saturday.

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 240 PM MST Thu Feb 29 2024 

Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas- Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands-

240 PM MST Thu Feb 29 2024

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 226, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, AND 237...

* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 226, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236 and 237.

* Winds...Southwest 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 8 percent.

* Impacts...Conditions will be favorable for rapid rates of fire growth and spread.

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

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