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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 3, 2025Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2025, 4:06 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 3, 2025, 4:06 PM MDT (22:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2025, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Baca County, CO

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 3, 2:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 2:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 11:43 AM MDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 3, 4:06 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
406 PM MDT Sun Aug 3 2025

COZ099-032230-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-
406 PM MDT Sun Aug 3 2025

...Thunderstorms starting to develop in Baca county...

At 403 PM MDT, Doppler radar was indicating convection starting to
develop 7 miles southwest of Vilas, or 9 miles southeast of
Springfield, moving south at 10 mph.

The environment over Baca county is very unstable. The potential
exist for this storm to continue to intensify and become severe.
Folks in Baca county should be alert for the potential of rapidly
changing weather conditions this afternoon. If this storm should
intensify, it could produce damaging winds, large hail and possibly
a tornado.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3735 10266 3736 10243 3712 10235 3709 10268
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 354DEG 9KT 3729 10254

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Hodanish

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 6:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Aug 2, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	35 min
Aug 2, 6:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Kiowa	43 min
Aug 2, 6:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	35 min
Aug 2, 6:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers	51 min
Aug 2, 6:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	51 min
Aug 2, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	50 min
Aug 2, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	42 min
Aug 2, 7:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	28 min
Aug 2, 7:38 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	25 min
Aug 2, 7:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	32 min
Aug 2, 7:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	22 min
Aug 2, 8:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	32 min
Aug 2, 8:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	39 min
Aug 2, 8:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	23 min
Aug 2, 8:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	32 min
Aug 2, 9:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	32 min
Aug 2, 9:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	44 min
Aug 2, 9:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	43 min
Aug 2, 9:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Baca, Prowers	18 min
Aug 2, 10:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	46 min
Aug 2, 11:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	43 min
Aug 2, 11:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	45 min
Aug 3, 12:08 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	37 min
Aug 3, 2:16 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	44 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.