Red Flag Warnings and Fire Weather Watches for enhanced wildfire danger have been issued by the National Weather Service for areas in Arizona, Kansas, Oklahoma, Colorado, Texas, and New Mexico.
Miraculously, Utah and northwest New Mexico escaped the extreme fire weather.
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The Red Flag Warning map above was current as of 8:50 a.m. MT on Thursday. Red Flag Warnings can change throughout the day as the National Weather Service offices around the country update and revise their forecasts. For the most current data, visit this NWS site.