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Red Flag Warning
ActiveUpper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County; Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek; Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains Including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede; San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache
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...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 10 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220, 222, 223, AND 224...
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from 11 AM to 10 PM MDT Sunday. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect.
* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 220, 222, 223 and 224.
* TIMING...For the first Red Flag Warning, until 10 PM MDT this evening. For the second Red Flag Warning, from 11 AM to 10 PM MDT Sunday.
* WINDS...West 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.
* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent.
* IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.
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