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Flood Watch 8, NWS Pueblo, CO

October 15, 2025Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flood watch at Oct 15, 2025, 2:44 AM MDT for Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado. It took effect at Oct 15, 2025, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 17 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2025, 2:44 AM MDT (08:44 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2025, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Oct 15, 2025, 10:42 PM MDT
In force
17 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity
None

Counties Conejos County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 271 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2025-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 624 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2025-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 46 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1604 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
63 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
237 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
2.2

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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 Oct 14, 5:37 PM MDT, 9 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 14, 5:37 PM MDT, 9 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 14, 11:00 AM MDT, 15 hours 44 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1100 AM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

COZ058>089-093>099-151700-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
Crowley County-La Junta Vicinity/Otero County-
Eastern Las Animas County-Western Kiowa County-
Eastern Kiowa County-Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County-
Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County-Springfield Vicinity/Baca County-
1100 AM MDT Tue Oct 14 2025

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Flooding and Flash Flooding will still be possible in the San
Juans the rest of today and into tonight. Up to another inch of
rain, with locally heavier amounts, is forecast to fall on
already saturated areas of the eastern San Juans and the Upper Rio
Grande Valley through late tonight. This additional rainfall
could quickly lead to life threatening flooding, road washouts,
damage to infrastructure, rock, mud, or debris slides on roadways,
or fast moving water through waterfront parks and campgrounds in
nearby creeks, streams, tributaries, and rivers. Hikers and
campers should avoid waterways today, and especially tonight, as
flooding and evacuation can be extremely dangerous during the
nighttime hours. Please have a way to receive life saving Flood
Warnings today and tonight if you are in this area, and never
drive through moving water! Road closures were in effect Tuesday
morning over parts of the San Juans. Please monitor the CDOT web
sites for updated road conditions, or dial 5-1-1 for roadway
information.

Snow is expected for elevations above 10,000 feet today, with snow
levels rising to 12,000ft during the daytime hours, and falling back
down to 10,000 feet this evening. Roads are likely to remain mainly
wet throughout the daytime, but may become snow covered at night and
early this morning. Snow amounts on grassy surfaces are expected to
be generally less than an inch through today and tonight.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible Wednesday across
the Southwest mountains and San Luis Valley on Wednesday. Strong
to severe storms will be possible over the far southeast plains on
Thursday. Damaging winds to around 60 mph and hail around 1 inch
in diameter will be the primary storm risks both days. Locally
heavy rainfall will be possible with the more intense storms which
may lead to a continued elevated risk of flash flooding across
the eastern San Juan mountains where soils are saturated from
recent heavy rains. Snow levels will continue to waver between
10000 and 12000 feet with a slushy inch or two possible across the
higher elevations at times.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be likely over portions of the region.

Hodanish

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 15, 7:18 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla27 min
Oct 15, 9:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa27 min
Oct 15, 9:47 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
Oct 15, 10:55 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBMineral7 hr
Oct 15, 11:48 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero27 min
Oct 15, 12:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont33 min
Oct 15, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos, Rio Grande, Saguache25 min
Oct 15, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.