Evacuation Order Issued for Fire in El Paso County, Colorado
This alert is no longer in effect.
NOAA issued it on April 23, 2026, 4 months ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).
Areazine synthesizes this NWS weather alert directly from NOAA's official public data feed. See our methodology for full source attribution and refresh cadence.
An evacuation order has been issued by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office for areas near Hanover due to a fire, effective immediately and urging residents to evacuate.
Read this weather record in 30 seconds
- Record type
- Local Area Emergency
- Affected area
- El Paso County, Colorado
- Issued
- April 23, 2026
- Issuing authority
- NOAA
The warning type, named area, and issue time define this record. Confirm all three against the original agency notice before treating it as current.
Record status: historical. It was issued 4 months ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in El Paso County, Colorado.
Alert Details
The alert is a Local Area Emergency, issued by the El Paso County Sheriff's Office via NOAA. It was effective starting at 2026-04-22T17:44:25-07:00 and expires at 2026-04-22T18:44:25-07:00.
Affected Areas
The affected areas include Hammer Rd east to S Peyton Hwy and Myers Rd north to Squirrel Creek, near Hammer Rd and Hanover Rd in Hanover, within El Paso County, Colorado.
What You Should Do
Residents in the specified area are ordered to evacuate immediately. For more information, check local media.
Expected Conditions
Hazard: Fire near Hammer Rd and Hanover Rd.
Timeline
The alert is effective from 2026-04-22T17:44:25-07:00 and expires at 2026-04-22T18:44:25-07:00, in the MST timezone.
Original source: NOAA Official Notice ↗
Related Weather Alerts
All Weather Alerts →Nationwide notices with similar length or severity timing 8
Two Areazine-derived peer sets for this NWS weather alert: nearest notices by body length and by same severity near the same agency date. Peers come from other categories so they are not the same-feed Related list above.
Similar body length
Nearest notices by article body length (727 characters here).
Similar severity timing
Same severity (high) notices issued closest in time to April 23, 2026.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about this NWS weather alert.