Alert archive / Colorado / Red Flag Warnings / 2026
Red Flag Warnings in Colorado, February 2026
25 red flag warnings in February 2026. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in February 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 25
- Busiest day
- February 16, 20263 red flag warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Mountain Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 12:05 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Larimer, Logan, Morgan, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington and 1 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 6, 12:09 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Yuma | 29 hr |
| Feb 8, 2:01 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 6 more | 28 hr |
| Feb 8, 10:55 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 18 hr |
| Feb 9, 11:59 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 5 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:46 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln, Phillips, Sedgwick, Washington | 29 hr |
| Feb 14, 12:07 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Kit Carson, Yuma | 29 hr |
| Feb 15, 11:26 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Clear Creek, Douglas, Elbert, Gilpin and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 15, 12:10 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 15, 10:39 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 45 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:47 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Kiowa and 4 more | 42 hr |
| Feb 16, 12:13 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 17, 10:19 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 33 hr |
| Feb 17, 11:52 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Las Animas and 3 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 17, 9:24 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson | 20 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:36 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 31 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:37 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Baca, Crowley, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas and 3 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 23, 11:59 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 7 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:48 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 29 hr |
| Feb 24, 11:57 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 10 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 24, 12:18 PM MST | Red Flag Warning | GLD | Cheyenne, Kit Carson, Yuma | 31 hr |
| Feb 25, 11:41 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 30 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:04 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and 6 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 26, 11:34 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo, Teller | 30 hr |
| Feb 27, 11:06 AM MST | Red Flag Warning | BOU | Larimer, Logan, Weld | 31 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- El Paso County9
- Las Animas County9
- Pueblo County9
- Huerfano County8
- Larimer County7
- Weld County7
- Logan County6
- Washington County6
- Fremont County6
- Kit Carson County5
- Elbert County5
- Lincoln County5
- Adams County5
- Arapahoe County5
- Douglas County5
- Jefferson County5
- Morgan County4
- Phillips County4
- Sedgwick County4
- Yuma County4
- Baca County4
- Teller County4
- Cheyenne County4
- Crowley County4
- Otero County4
- Boulder County4
- Broomfield County4
- Denver County4
- Costilla County2
- Saguache County2
- Clear Creek County2
- Gilpin County2
- Park County2
- Bent County2
- Kiowa County2
- Prowers County2
- Chaffee County1
- Custer County1
- Lake County1
- Alamosa County1
2 more counties
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.