All Entries in the "Weather" Category
Commissioners Discuss Fire Ban
Staffon Warn, Rural Fire Chief, and Jim Faull, Sheriff and Fire Marshall for Prowers County, discussed the recent fires in Bent and Baca Counties and the Prowers County fire ban enacted last month. Sheriff Faull said the Red Flag warnings posted by the National Weather Service usually serve to curtail non-permit burns in the county. “Farmers […]
Vets Honored by County Commissioners/Grasshopper Population on the Rise in Southeast
Two local veterans were honored during the Prowers County commissioners meeting Thursday, April 6 in recognition of their service to their country. It was a prelude to the theme for National County Government Month: Serving Our Veterans, Armed Forces and their Families. The morning pledge of allegiance was led by Pete R. Hernandez who served […]
Containment of Bent County Prairie Fire Continues
Update – An estimated 7,000 acres situated north of the Arkansas River in Bent County and an undetermined amount south of the river have been scorched since Saturday afternoon, when a fast-moving fire broke out shortly after 1pm. 11 homes north of CR JJ in Hasty were evacuated as a precaution earlier Sunday afternoon, when […]
Mop Up Operations Contain Bent County Fire
Highway 50 between Las Animas and Hasty opened to traffic around 7pm Saturday night, but firefighters from five counties are continuing their efforts to contain the last remnants of the fire that began just after 1pm Saturday afternoon. The fire, which consumed about 800 acres of grassland and several farm structures, was in the John […]
Highway 50 Closed Near Las Animas due to Rangeland Fire
A wind-driven, fast-moving prairie fire closed highway 50 to traffic at 1:10 pm Saturday afternoon. There is a multi-community response from area fire departments to contain the fire. Traffic was diverted just outside of Lamar at the Wiley Junction and another detour point at county road 20 near Hasty. The fire closed traffic on Highway […]
Lamar Not Expecting Summer Water Restrictions
Lamar’s water supply is in pretty good shape, considering the on-going dry spell in the region. Precipitation levels in southeast Colorado for this past March, measured against 2010, were averaging two inches less compared to last year at this time. Lamar’s main supply of water comes from 27 ground-water wells in the Clay Creek Alluvium. […]
Severe Weather Awareness and Spotter Training
Each spring the National Weather Service in Pueblo provides sessions, a cooperative effort of local government officials and the National Weather Service. The sessions are free of charge and usually open to everyone, except when noted. Participants receive information about The National Weather Service; when and how to report severe weather; the basics of thunderstorm development […]
March Figures Indicate a Dry Spring
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has released precipitation figures for southeast Colorado for March, 2011. It was a very dry month compared to last year’s precipitation amounts, and in comparison to a thirty year average, from 1971 to 2000. The amounts shown are precipitation in inches.
Red Flag Alerts in the County
Members of the Prowers County Volunteer Fire Department responded to a brief grass fire along CR 6 north of Lamar earlier Monday afternoon. The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning alert for all of southeast Colorado for Monday and Tuesday, and almost the entire state for conditions of dry tinder and […]
Severe Drought Conditions Expanding in Southeast Colorado
The National Weather Service has posted a Drought Information Statement indicating that strong La Nina conditions have been present across the eastern Pacific Ocean since late summer of 2010. This has contributed to a mild and very dry fall and early winter across much of south central and southeastern Colorado. An additional periodic climate feature known […]
It is Not Really What is Above Ground that Matters!
Southeast Area – It is the time of year when our livestock are not the only ones looking for a little green grass! Most of us are tired of feeding and the livestock are in need of a little more variety in their diet. Regretfully, a majority of the Eastern Plains of Colorado have not […]
Between Winter and Spring
Friday’s frozen frost lost it’s hold on tree limbs Saturday, when the morning sun warmed temperatures past the freezing mark around Prowers County.