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Flood Watch 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 30, 202513 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flood watch at Jul 30, 2025, 2:59 AM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 30, 2025, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 30, 2025, 2:59 AM MDT (08:59 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 30, 2025, 1:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 30, 2025, 9:09 PM MDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity: None

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jul 29, 11:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 11:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 9:01 PM MDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 29, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	42 min
Jul 29, 8:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	23 min
Jul 30, 1:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	25 min
Jul 30, 1:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	36 min
Jul 30, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	32 min
Jul 30, 2:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 30, 2:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jul 30, 2:52 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Saguache	3 hr
Jul 30, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jul 30, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jul 30, 3:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	28 min
Jul 30, 3:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	114 min
Jul 30, 3:09 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	PUB	Custer, Saguache	23 min
Jul 30, 3:10 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Saguache	3 hr
Jul 30, 3:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	92 min
Jul 30, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	32 min
Jul 30, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jul 30, 3:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	45 min
Jul 30, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	36 min
Jul 30, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	36 min
Jul 30, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Costilla	31 min
Jul 30, 4:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	36 min
Jul 30, 4:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Fremont	3 hr
Jul 30, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	25 min
Jul 30, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	29 min
Jul 30, 4:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Jul 30, 5:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	27 min
Jul 30, 5:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
Jul 30, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	35 min
Jul 30, 5:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	36 min
Jul 30, 5:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Chaffee, Fremont	2 hr
Jul 30, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	52 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.