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Home Return to list Fire Weather Warning 0048 Issued by the Pueblo Forecast Office
Action: New Issued At: 2025-12-19 19:03:01 379 WWUS85 KPUB 200102 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 602 PM MST Fri Dec 19 2025 COZ221-222-226>229-200300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-251220T0100Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0048.251220T0102Z-251220T0300Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 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- 602 PM MST Fri Dec 19 2025 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221, 222, 226, 227, 228, AND 229... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM MST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 221, 222, 226, 227, 228 and 229. * WINDS...West 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 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. && $$ COZ230>233-235>237-200215- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0047.000000T0000Z-251220T0100Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Crowley County Including Ordway- Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Bent County Including Las Animas-Prowers County Including Lamar- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 602 PM MST Fri Dec 19 2025 ...RED FLAG WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230, 231, 232, 233, 235, 236, AND 237... Winds have steadily lessened across much of the eastern plains, and humidity have slowly increased. Given this, the Red Flag Warning in place for portions of the eastern plains has been allowed to expire. $$ Action: Expired Issued At: 2025-12-19 20:54:33 937 WWUS85 KPUB 200254 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 754 PM MST Fri Dec 19 2025 COZ221-222-226>229-200400- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0048.000000T0000Z-251220T0300Z/ Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument- Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek- 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- 754 PM MST Fri Dec 19 2025 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 221, 222, 226, 227, 228, AND 229... Winds have started to decrease across the remainder of the Red Flag Warning in place, with the strongest winds remaining across the higher terrain. In addition, humidity values have started to slowly rise across the entire area. Given all of this, will allow the Red Flag Warning to expire at the top of the hour. $$ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||