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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 9, 2025Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2025, 3:47 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2025, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2025, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 55

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 297 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: 124 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -409 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 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 9, 2:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 11:06 AM MDT, 4 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1106 AM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

COZ058>089-093>099-101715-
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-
1106 AM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Severe thunderstorms are near certain today across the eastern
plains of Colorado. Large to very large hail, damaging winds and
isolated tornadoes will be possible.

Several rounds of thunderstorms are expected. The storms during
the mid to late afternoon time period will be more isolated, and
will be capable of large hail and damaging winds. the best chance
of thunderstorms, some which will be severe, will generally be
north of US50 and generally east of I-25.

During this evening and into tonight, additional rounds of
thunderstorms are near certain, and some of these storms could be
severe. Additionally, the severe threat will increase along, and
immediately west of the I-25 corridor. This includes the Pueblo
and Colorado Springs metropolitan areas. These storms will then
move east over the plains during the evening and overnight hours.
Large to very large hail, damaging winds and a tornado or two will
be possible. Since numerous storms are expected, flash flooding
of flood prone areas will be possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Severe storms are possible again Sunday afternoon and evening,
mainly from I-25 eastward across the plains. Large hail up 2
inches in diameter and damaging winds over 60 mph will be the
main storm hazards. Thunderstorm coverage and strength decrease
on Monday, with the best chance for storms along the southern I-25
corridor. After Monday, isolated thunderstorms are possible each
afternoon and evening through the week, mainly over the mountains.
Most of these storms will be weak and short-lived, producing
lightning and gusty winds but only brief rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be imminent.

Hodanish

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:47 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
347 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

COZ094-099-092230-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-Eastern Las Animas County CO-
347 PM MDT Sat Aug 9 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN BACA AND
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM MDT...

At 347 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southeast of Kim, or 38 miles southwest of Springfield, moving
east at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Kim.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3711 10342 3726 10336 3730 10331 3729 10276
      3700 10290 3700 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 278DEG 23KT 3716 10324

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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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 8, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	46 min
Aug 8, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	45 min
Aug 8, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	44 min
Aug 8, 7:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	51 min
Aug 8, 7:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	43 min
Aug 8, 8:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	42 min
Aug 9, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	32 min
Aug 9, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	32 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.