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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 378, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2025, 2:20 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 29, 2025, 2:20 PM MDT (20:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2025, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 368 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 500 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 29, 11:40 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 11:40 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1142 AM MDT Fri Aug 29 2025 COZ058>089-093>099-301745- 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- 1142 AM MDT Fri Aug 29 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected this afternoon, especially along and east of the eastern mountains. A couple of strong to low end severe thunderstorms will be possible from I-25 eastward, with strong outflow winds up to around 60 mph and hail up to 1.5 inches in diameter the most likely hazards. Localized flash flooding will also be possible with any thunderstorm, especially across areas that have had repeated rounds of rain over the past few days. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms are expected again on Saturday, with hail up to quarter size and wind gusts to 60 mph possible with a few stronger storms on the plains. Locally heavy rainfall will also be possible, especially over the eastern mountains and plains. Thunderstorm activity decreases Sunday through Tuesday, though still enough moisture will remain in place for scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms each day, especially over the mountains. Lightning and gusty winds will be the main threats with any storms this period, while the threat of flash flooding will be reduced as moisture levels decrease. A potential cold front and increasing moisture will then bring a return of more widespread shower and thunderstorm activity on Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible over portions of the region. EHR/10
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 29, 8:54 AM MDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 29 min |
| Aug 28, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 15 min |
| Aug 28, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Aug 28, 8:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| Aug 28, 8:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Aug 28, 9:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 10:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Aug 28, 11:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 34 min |
| Aug 29, 1:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 1:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 1:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 2:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 3:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Aug 29, 3:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 3:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Aug 29, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 15 min |
| Aug 29, 4:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 28 min |
| Aug 29, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 4:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 47 min |
| Aug 29, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 5:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Aug 29, 5:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 11 min |
| Aug 29, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 40 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.