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Red Flag Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this red flag warning at Apr 26, 2026, 1:17 AM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It took effect at Apr 26, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 2026, 1:17 AM MDT (07:17 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 26, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 26, 2026, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 273 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
047 WWUS85 KPUB 260717 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 117 AM MDT Sun Apr 26 2026 COZ230-233-237-262330- /O.UPG.KPUB.FW.A.0043.260426T1800Z-260427T0200Z/ /O.NEW.KPUB.FW.W.0049.260426T1800Z-260427T0200Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 117 AM MDT Sun Apr 26 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230, 233, AND 237... The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a Red Flag Warning for gusty winds and low relative humidity, which is in effect from noon today to 8 PM MDT this evening. The Fire Weather Watch is no longer in effect. * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 230, 233 and 237. * TIMING...From noon today to 8 PM MDT this evening. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 13 percent. * IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise extreme caution with any outdoor burning. 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. && $$
2 follow-up statements
263 WWUS85 KPUB 261936 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 136 PM MDT Sun Apr 26 2026 COZ230-233-237-270200- /O.CON.KPUB.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-260427T0200Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 136 PM MDT Sun Apr 26 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230, 233, AND 237... * AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 230, 233 and 237. * TIMING...Until 8 PM MDT this evening. * WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph. * RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 15 percent. * IMPACTS...Fires will catch and spread quickly. Exercise extreme caution with any outdoor burning. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Red Flag Warning means that critical fire weather conditions are either occurring now, or will shortly. A combination of strong winds, low relative humidity, and warm temperatures can contribute to extreme fire behavior. && $$
965 WWUS85 KPUB 270152 RFWPUB URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Pueblo CO 752 PM MDT Sun Apr 26 2026 COZ230-233-237-270300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FW.W.0049.000000T0000Z-260427T0200Z/ Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher- Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon- Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands- 752 PM MDT Sun Apr 26 2026 ...RED FLAG WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 230, 233, AND 237... Gusty westerly winds continue to come down, while humidity levels continue to rise across Las Animas and Baca counties. This will allow for the Red Flag Warning to expire at 8 pm mdt tonight. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 7:09 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 2:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 27 min |
| Apr 26, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Apr 26, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.