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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 16, 2025Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Sep 16, 2025, 6:21 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

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The facts

Issued: Sep 16, 2025, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 16, 2025, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 274 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: 1624 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1905 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 3.3

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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 Sep 16, 5:49 PM MDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 16, 5:49 PM MDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 16, 11:00 AM MDT, 7 hours 21 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1100 AM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025

COZ058>089-093>099-171700-
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-
1100 AM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

A front will move into the region late this afternoon and move
across the rest of the region this evening. This front will bring
scattered showers and thunderstorms to the region starting this
afternoon, and lasting into tonight. Storms will form over the
mountains, pushing to the east through the afternoon and southeast
this evening. Some of the thunderstorms are expected to be strong
to severe, with the greatest potential for strong to severe
storms over the far eastern plains, and northern El Paso County.
The main threat will be hail up to 1 inch in diameter and wind
gusts to 60 mph. Some of the rain over the far eastern plains
could be heavy, and localized flash flooding will be possible.
Some of the storms over the far eastern plains may last well into
the overnight hours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Showers and isolated thunderstorms will linger across the region
Wednesday into Wednesday night, with lightning, gusty winds and
brief heavy rainfall. the main storm threats. Isolated
thunderstorms will then be found mainly over the mountains along
the Continental Divide Friday through Sunday, with the main storm
threats being lightning and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be possible over portions of the region.

34/34

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 3:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
306 PM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025

COZ099-162130-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-
306 PM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY THROUGH
330 PM MDT...

At 306 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pritchett, or 17 miles west of Springfield, moving east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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...
Pritchett.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3734 10301 3749 10300 3752 10286 3733 10272
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 258DEG 14KT 3743 10293

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

kam

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 3:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
329 PM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025

COZ099-162200-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-
329 PM MDT Tue Sep 16 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY THROUGH
400 PM MDT...

At 329 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pritchett, or 13 miles west of Springfield, moving northeast at 15
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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...
Pritchett.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3732 10291 3736 10297 3745 10301 3757 10278
      3753 10268 3733 10264
TIME...MOT...LOC 2129Z 245DEG 13KT 3742 10287

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

kam

Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 4:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:08 PM MDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 16, 6:21 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
Sep 16, 6:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Sep 16, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	30 min
Sep 16, 11:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	38 min
Sep 17, 2:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	30 min
Sep 17, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	25 min
Sep 17, 3:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	44 min
Sep 17, 3:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
Sep 17, 3:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Sep 17, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	32 min
Sep 17, 3:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	25 min
Sep 17, 3:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	38 min
Sep 17, 3:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	36 min
Sep 17, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	47 min
Sep 17, 3:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Sep 17, 3:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	33 min
Sep 17, 3:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Sep 17, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Las Animas	17 min
Sep 17, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	29 min
Sep 17, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	12 min
Sep 17, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Sep 17, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Las Animas	32 min
Sep 17, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Teller	42 min
Sep 17, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Sep 17, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	36 min
Sep 17, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	34 min
Sep 17, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	51 min
Sep 17, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Sep 17, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Sep 17, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
Sep 17, 5:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Sep 17, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Sep 17, 5:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	34 min

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