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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 2025Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2025, 5:52 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 23 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, 5:52 PM MDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Aug 7, 2025, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 382 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 95 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -724 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 7, 5:14 PM MDT, 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 5:14 PM MDT, 38 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 7, 11:01 AM MDT, 6 hours 51 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1101 AM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025

COZ058>089-093>099-081715-
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-
1101 AM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025

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

Very hot conditions will continue across the area this afternoon
into early evening, with many locations tying or potentially
breaking record high temperatures for the date. A Heat Advisory
is in effect from 11 AM to 8 PM across El Paso, eastern Fremont,
Pueblo, Crowley, Otero, Bent, Prowers and Baca counties. Those
prone to heat illness should limit time outdoors. Remember to
drink plenty of fluids to stay hydrated. Wear lightweight, light-
colored, and loose clothing and never leave children or pets
unattended in vehicles.

The hot, mainly dry and breezy weather will keep elevated to
critical fire weather conditions in place across the area today as
well, and a Red Flag Warning remains in effect from 11 AM to 8 PM
for the central mountains, San Luis Valley and portions of Fremont
county. Please avoid activities which could start a fire.

One or two high-based afternoon and evening showers and
thunderstorms will be possible today, mainly over the higher
terrain. The main threats from any storms will be cloud to ground
lightning and gusty winds 50 to 60 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Hot, mainly dry and breezy weather continues through the day
Friday, with A Heat Advisory in effect Friday from 11 am to 8 pm
for El Paso, eastern Fremont, and Pueblo counties. Those prone to
heat illness should limit time outdoors. Drink plenty of fluids
to stay hydrated, wear lightweight, light-colored, and loose
clothing and never leave children or pets unattended in vehicles.
A Red Flag Warning is also in effect Friday across the Central
Mountains into the San Luis Valley. Please avoid activities which
could start a fire.

A few isolated high based afternoon and evening showers and
storms will be possible again on Friday, mainly over the higher
terrain.

A cold front will move across Eastern Colorado late Friday, which
will bring in cooler temperatures and better chances of daily showers
and thunderstorms for the weekend and into early next week, especially
across the Eastern mountains and plains.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight.

Hodanish

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:28 PM MDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
228 PM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025

COZ072-073-076>079-072100-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft CO-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Ft CO-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Ft CO-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Ft CO-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains above 11000 Ft CO-
Northwestern Fremont County  Above 8500Ft CO-
228 PM MDT Thu Aug 7 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT...
NORTHWESTERN CUSTER AND NORTHEASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM
MDT...

At 228 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Coaldale, or 59 miles southwest of Colorado Springs, moving east at
25 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.

Locations impacted include...
Texas Creek, Coaldale, Cotopaxi, and Hillside.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3824 10579 3841 10581 3850 10535 3820 10535
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 268DEG 23KT 3833 10572

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

KT

Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:04 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 4:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:21 PM MDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 7, 5:52 PM MDT, 0 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
Aug 7, 3:15 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Fremont, Lake and 2 more	41 hr
Aug 7, 2:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	30 min
Aug 7, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	32 min
Aug 7, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	32 min
Aug 7, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	26 min
Aug 7, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	34 min
Aug 7, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	24 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.