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Flash Flood Watch 14, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 23, 20264 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Aug 23, 2026, 11:30 AM MDT for 4 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Aug 24, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 23, 2026, 11:30 AM MDT (17:30 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 24, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 23, 2026, 6:18 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity
None

Counties Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Aug 23, 11:22 AM MDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 11:22 AM MDT, 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 11:23 AM MDT, 7 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1123 AM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

COZ058>089-093>099-241730-
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-
1123 AM MDT Sun Aug 23 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms will develop over the mountains in the
early afternoon today, spreading across lower elevations and the
plains from mid-afternoon into the evening. The main hazard from
storms today will be locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding,
with areas over and near the Aspen Acres burn scar especially
susceptible to flooding and debris flows. Storms today and this
evening may also produce gusty winds to 55 mph, frequent cloud to
ground lightning and small hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Showers and thunderstorms are possible each afternoon and evening
through the week, with the greatest coverage of storms from
Monday into Wednesday, then drier air begins to decrease storm
chances by the end of the week. Locally heavy rainfall will again
be the main hazard from storms through the period, with a flash
flood risk continuing for the Aspen Acres burn scar into at least
mid-week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

SIMCOE/SIMCOE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso24 min
Aug 22, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont28 min
Aug 22, 6:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
Aug 22, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Aug 22, 7:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso26 min
Aug 22, 8:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley37 min
Aug 22, 8:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert36 min
Aug 22, 9:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso28 min
Aug 22, 11:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso48 min
Aug 22, 11:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso39 min
Aug 23, 12:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande24 min
Aug 23, 1:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee28 min
Aug 23, 1:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont32 min
Aug 23, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache32 min
Aug 23, 2:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller32 min
Aug 23, 2:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster29 min
Aug 23, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo32 min
Aug 23, 3:25 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCuster, Pueblo3 hr
Aug 23, 3:25 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCuster, Pueblo3 hr
Aug 23, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Aug 23, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo29 min
Aug 23, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso22 min
Aug 23, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley36 min
Aug 23, 4:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso117 min
Aug 23, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley24 min
Aug 23, 5:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley27 min

Nearby

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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.