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...A Red Flag Warning is in effect from Noon until 8 PM today for gusty winds, low humidity, high Haines indices, and dry fuels for fire weather zones 220 through 236, which includes the Eastern San Juan and La Garita mountains, Chaffee and Lake counties, the San Luis Valley, the Wet Mountains, the Wet Mountain Valley, the Sangre de Cristo Mountains as well as Fremont, Custer, Teller, El Paso, Pueblo, Huerfano, Las Animas, Crowley, Otero, Kiowa, Bent and Prowers counties... ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS, LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY, AND HIGH HAINES INDICES FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220...221...222...223...224... 225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233...234... 235 AND 236... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds, low relative humidity, and high haines indices, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM MDT this evening.

* Affected Area...Fire Weather Zones 220...221...222...223... 224...225...226...227...228...229...230...231...232...233... 234... 235 and 236.

* Winds...Southwest 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 30 mph.

* Relative Humidity...As low as 10 percent.

* Haines...6.

* Thunderstorms...Isolated dry lightning.

* Outflow Winds...Erratic gusts up to 40 mph.

* Impacts...Conditions favorable for the rapid ignition, growth and spread of fires.

* AFFECTED AREAS: BENT COUNTY INCLUDING LAS ANIMAS ... CROWLEY COUNTY INCLUDING ORDWAY ... EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING PINON CANYON ... EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS INCLUDING WOLF CREEK PASS AND CREEDE ... FREMONT COUNTY INCLUDING CANON CITY, HOWARD, TEXAS CREEK ... HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING WALSENBURG ... KIOWA COUNTY INCLUDING EADS ... NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING MONUMENT AND BLACK FOREST ... OTERO COUNTY INCLUDING LA JUNTA AND WESTERN COMANCHE GRASSLANDS ... PROWERS COUNTY INCLUDING LAMAR ... PUEBLO COUNTY INCLUDING PUEBLO ... SAN LUIS VALLEY INCLUDING ALAMOSA, DEL NORTE, FORT GARLAND, SAGUACHE ... SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY INCLUDING FORT CARSON AND COLORADO SPRINGS ... SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE INCLUDING SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS, WET MOUNTAINS, LA VETA PASS ... TELLER COUNTY, RAMPART RANGE INCLUDING PIKES PEAK AND FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT ... UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY INCLUDING LAKE COUNTY AND CHAFFEE COUNTY ... WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY INCLUDING TRINIDAD AND THATCHER

Instructions:

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.