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Flood Watch 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 28, 202610 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flood watch at Jul 28, 2026, 11:52 PM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 28, 2026, 11:52 PM MDT (05:52 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 29, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Jul 30, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
12 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity
None

Counties Costilla County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:56 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

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 364 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2026-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 768 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2026-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
768 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jul 28, 10:52 PM MDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 10:52 PM MDT, 1 hour before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 11:51 AM MDT, 12 hours 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1151 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

COZ058>089-093>099-291800-
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-
1151 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 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 be scattered to numerous over all
of the region as the afternoon progresses. All of the storms will
be capable of heavy rain. Flash flooding will be a concern in the
Aspen Acres burn scar region. Additionally, the storms over the
plains could become strong and produce hail up to 1 inch in
diameter and wind gusts to 60 mph. The activity will move slowly
east from late this afternoon into the evening hours. The storms
over the plains may last until the early morning hours of
Wednesday.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

Showers and thunderstorms will be scattered to numerous over the
region on Wednesday. All of the storms will be capable of heavy
rain. Flash flooding will be a concern in the Aspen Acres burn
scar region. The storms over the plains on Wednesday may last
into the late evening hours.

From Thursday into early next week, showers and storms will
become more isolaed in nature and mainly occur over the mountains.
Temperatures will once again become hot over the region.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

Hodanish

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:57 PM MDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
557 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0457 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     6 S Colorado City       37.86N 104.83W
07/28/2026  M61 MPH          Huerfano           CO   Mesonet

            Mesonet station CO029 025s066 Apache City.

&&
Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:58 PM MDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
558 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 WSW Pinon             38.41N 104.67W
07/28/2026  M68 MPH          Pueblo             CO   Public

            Personal weather station measured wind gust.

&&
Special weather statement, Jul 28, 6:17 PM MDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
617 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

COZ094-290045-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
617 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM MDT...

At 617 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Branson, or 25 miles north of Des Moines, moving east
at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Las
Animas County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3705 10398 3718 10400 3727 10376 3703 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 257DEG 9KT 3713 10391

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

Simcoe
Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:23 PM MDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
723 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0708 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     4 S Cheraw              38.05N 103.52W
07/28/2026  M69 MPH          Otero              CO   ASOS

            ASOS station KLHX La Junta Airport.

&&
Local storm report, Jul 28, 7:44 PM MDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
Jul 28, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas51 min
Jul 28, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero45 min
Jul 28, 7:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas27 min
Jul 28, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa44 min
Jul 28, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas32 min
Jul 28, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero48 min
Jul 28, 7:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers52 min
Jul 28, 8:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers51 min
Jul 29, 12:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont43 min
Jul 29, 12:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee40 min
Jul 29, 1:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont4 hr
Jul 29, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller47 min
Jul 29, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont40 min
Jul 29, 2:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBTeller3 hr
Jul 29, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller21 min
Jul 29, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano31 min
Jul 29, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller22 min
Jul 29, 4:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont24 min
Jul 29, 4:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBChaffee3 hr
Jul 29, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont31 min
Jul 29, 5:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCuster, Fremont3 hr
Jul 29, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont48 min
Jul 29, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont42 min
Jul 29, 5:47 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCuster, Pueblo3 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.