Weather Alerts for Colorado

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1. Fire Weather Watch for: Little Snake; White River; Lower Colorado River; Paradox Valley; Book Cliffs; Colorado River Basin

2. Fire Weather Watch for: Routt; North Fork; Eastern Ashley National Forest; Eastern Uintah Basin

3. Red Flag Warning for: Little Snake; White River; Lower Colorado River; Paradox Valley; Book Cliffs; Colorado River Basin

4. Red Flag Warning for: Southwest Colorado Lower Forecast Area; Southeast Utah

5. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Adams, CO; Arapahoe, CO; Morgan, CO; Washington, CO

6. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for: Arapahoe, CO; Elbert, CO

7. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Adams, CO; Arapahoe, CO; Elbert, CO; Lincoln, CO; Logan, CO; Morgan, CO; Phillips, CO; Sedgwick, CO; Washington, CO; Weld, CO

8. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Baca, CO; Bent, CO; Crowley, CO; Kiowa, CO; Las Animas, CO; Otero, CO; Prowers, CO

9. Severe Thunderstorm Watch for: Cheyenne, CO; Kit Carson, CO; Yuma, CO

10. Special Weather Statement for: Kit Carson County; Cheyenne County

11. Special Weather Statement for: Morgan County; Central and East Adams and Arapahoe Counties; North and Northeast Elbert County Below 6000 Feet/North Lincoln County; Washington County

12. Special Weather Statement for: Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft; La Junta Vicinity/Otero County; Eastern Las Animas County

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Weather Topic: What are Wall Clouds?

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Wall Clouds Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

A wall cloud forms underneath the base of a cumulonimbus cloud, and can be a hotbed for deadly tornadoes.

Wall clouds are formed by air flowing into the cumulonimbus clouds, which can result in the wall cloud descending from the base of the cumulonimbus cloud, or rising fractus clouds which join to the base of the storm cloud as the wall cloud takes shape.

Wall clouds can be very large, and in the Northern Hemisphere they generally form at the southern edge of cumulonimbus clouds.

Next Topic: Altocumulus Clouds

Weather Topic: What are Altostratus Clouds?

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Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds

Altostratus clouds form at mid to high-level altitudes (between 2 and 7 km) and are created by a warm, stable air mass which causes water vapor to condense as it rise through the atmosphere. Usually altostratus clouds are featureless sheets characterized by a uniform color.

In some cases, wind punching through the cloud formation may give it a waved appearance, called altostratus undulatus. Altostratus clouds are commonly seen with other cloud formations accompanying them.

Next Topic: Cirrocumulus Clouds