Weather Warnings for Colorado
| Alerts Updated: April 20, 2026, 3:10 am UTC |
Red Flag Warning issued April 19 at 9:09PM MDT until April 20 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Pueblo COSummary: * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 236. * WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.Severity: Severe Effective: April 19, 2026, 9:09 pm Expires: April 20, 2026, 1:15 pm Area: Prowers County Including Lamar |
Red Flag Warning issued April 19 at 9:09PM MDT until April 20 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS Pueblo COSummary: * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 237. * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.Severity: Severe Effective: April 19, 2026, 9:09 pm Expires: April 20, 2026, 1:15 pm Area: Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands |
Fire Weather Watch issued April 19 at 9:09PM MDT until April 23 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Pueblo COSummary: * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 220, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234 and 235. * WINDS...Southwest 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent. * IMPACTS...Extreme fire danger is expected. Fires will uncontrollably spread and be very destructive.Severity: Severe Effective: April 19, 2026, 9:09 pm Expires: April 20, 2026, 1:15 pm Area: Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee County; 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; 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 |
Fire Weather Watch issued April 19 at 9:09PM MDT until April 23 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Pueblo COSummary: * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 236. * WINDS...South 15 to 25 mph with gusts up to 40 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 8 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.Severity: Severe Effective: April 19, 2026, 9:09 pm Expires: April 20, 2026, 1:15 pm Area: Prowers County Including Lamar |
Fire Weather Watch issued April 19 at 9:09PM MDT until April 23 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS Pueblo COSummary: * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zone 237. * WINDS...South 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 5 percent. * IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch and spread rapidly and erratically.Severity: Severe Effective: April 19, 2026, 9:09 pm Expires: April 20, 2026, 1:15 pm Area: Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands |
Freeze Warning issued April 19 at 9:47AM MDT until April 20 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Grand Junction COSummary: * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 25 expected. * WHERE...Central Yampa River Basin and Central Colorado River Basin. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 9 AM MDT Monday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.Severity: Moderate Effective: April 19, 2026, 9:47 am Expires: April 20, 2026, 9:00 am Area: Central Yampa River Basin; Central Colorado River Basin |