Update: Central Colorado red flag warning set to expire at midnight

Published Jul 4, 2026

The warning was in place for Central Colorado.

“Humidity will recover overnight as a weak front moves in from the north into the early hours of Saturday. Breezy winds will still be possible, from the west to northwest over the higher terrain, and from the north over the eastern plains. Main concerns will be winds from the incoming front and outflow from storms north of the Palmer Divide,” says the National Weather Service.

The full list of affected locations includes:

• 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

• Eastern San Juan Mountains and La Garita Mountains including Wolf Creek Pass and Creede

• 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

Source: The National Weather Service