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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 2025Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2025, 5:21 PM MDT for Pueblo 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 7, 2025, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2025, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail
0.00 in
Wind
55

County Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted.

267 
WWUS85 KPUB 072321
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
521 PM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025
 
COZ086>088-093-072345-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO-
La Junta Vicinity/Otero County CO-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Ft CO-
521 PM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL OTERO...NORTHEASTERN
HUERFANO...NORTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES
THROUGH 545 PM MDT...

At 520 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 15 miles northeast of Walsenburg, or 34 miles south of
Pueblo, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Otero,
northeastern Huerfano, north central Las Animas and southeastern
Pueblo Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 3751 10465 3786 10476 3813 10456 3790 10387
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 239DEG 49KT 3777 10457 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 3:15 AM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Fremont, Lake and 2 more41 hr
Aug 7, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont30 min
Aug 7, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont32 min
Aug 7, 2:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache32 min
Aug 7, 3:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont26 min
Aug 7, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano34 min
Aug 7, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero23 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.