Weather Alert: Air Quality Alert

Air Quality Alert issued August 4 at 9:10AM MDT by NWS Pueblo CO

Area: Otero, CO; Kiowa, CO; Conejos, CO; Mineral, CO; Huerfano, CO; El Paso, CO; Fremont, CO; Saguache, CO; Alamosa, CO; Chaffee, CO; Costilla, CO; Rio Grande, CO; Lake, CO; Las Animas, CO; Prowers, CO; Custer, CO; Bent, CO; Baca, CO; Teller, CO; Crowley, CO; Pueblo, CO

Severity: Unknown
Urgency: Unknown
Certainty: Unknown

Effective: Aug 4, 2026 9:10 am MDT
Starts: Aug 4, 2026 9:10 am MDT
Ends: Aug 5, 2026 9:00 am MDT
NWS product expires: Aug 5, 2026 9:00 am MDT

Affected Area Map

Approximate affected forecast zones from National Weather Service data. Hazard color follows the National Weather Service hazards map color table.

Details

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has
issued the following...

WHAT...Air Quality Health Advisory for Wildfire Smoke.

WHERE...Moffat, Routt, Grand, Rio Blanco, Eagle, Summit, Garfield,
Pitkin, Mesa, Delta, Gunnison, Montrose, Ouray, San Miguel,
Dolores, Montezuma, La Plata, Saguache, San Juan, Hinsdale,
Mineral, Archuleta, Sedgwick, Logan, Crowley, Jackson, Phillips,
Morgan, Yuma, Washington, Gilpin, Clear Creek, Elbert, Kit Carson,
Lake, Park, Lincoln, Teller, Cheyenne, El Paso, Chaffee, Fremont,
Kiowa, Pueblo, Custer, Bent, Prowers, Otero, Huerfano, Rio Grande,
Alamosa, Las Animas, Baca, Costilla and Conejos Counties.
Locations include, but are not limited to Craig, Steamboat
Springs, Granby, Hot Sulphur Springs, Kremmling, Meeker, Rangely,
Eagle, Vail, Breckenridge, Glenwood Springs, Aspen, Grand
Junction, Delta, Gunnison, Montrose, Nucla, Ouray, Telluride, Dove
Creek, Cortez, Durango, Hermosa, Honeyville, Rockwood, Saguache,
Silverton, Lake City, Creede, Pagosa Springs, Julesburg, Sterling,
Ordway, Walden, Holyoke, Fort Morgan, Wray, Akron, Central City,
Georgetown, Kiowa, Burlington, Leadville, Fairplay, Limon, Cripple
Creek, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado Springs, Buena Vista, Salida,
Canon City, Eads, Pueblo, Westcliffe, Las Animas, Lamar, La Junta,
Walsenburg, Del Norte, South Fork, Alamosa, Kim, Trinidad,
Springfield, San Luis and Conejos.

WHEN...900 AM Tuesday August 04 to 900 AM Wednesday August 05

IMPACTS...Areas of moderate to heavy smoke from out-of-state
wildfires will be possible across Colorado through at least
Wednesday morning.

HEALTH INFORMATION...Public Health Recommendations: If smoke is
thick or becomes thick in your neighborhood you may want to remain
indoors. This is especially true for those with heart disease,
respiratory illnesses, the very young, and older adults. Consider
limiting outdoor activity when moderate to heavy smoke is present.
Consider relocating temporarily if smoke is present indoors and is
making you ill. If visibility is less than 5 miles in smoke in
your neighborhood, smoke has reached levels that are unhealthy.

Source: National Weather Service.