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Flood Watch 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 14, 2026El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flood watch at Aug 14, 2026, 10:25 AM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It took effect at Aug 14, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 14, 2026, 10:25 AM MDT (16:25 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 14, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Aug 14, 2026, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
8 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity
None

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:26 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 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 Aug 14, 5:11 AM MDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 5:11 AM MDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:41 AM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert38 min
Aug 13, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers46 min
Aug 13, 6:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers42 min
Aug 13, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa42 min
Aug 13, 7:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Aug 13, 11:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
Aug 13, 11:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBCuster, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo21 hr
Aug 14, 11:29 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBCuster, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo33 hr
Aug 14, 12:59 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCuster, Pueblo3 hr
Aug 14, 1:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano43 min
Aug 14, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas39 min
Aug 14, 2:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas39 min
Aug 14, 2:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas42 min
Aug 14, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Aug 14, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas31 min
Aug 14, 3:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero41 min
Aug 14, 3:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
Aug 14, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero42 min
Aug 14, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero26 min
Aug 14, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero51 min
Aug 14, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent28 min
Aug 14, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent27 min
Aug 14, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa43 min
Aug 14, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller33 min
Aug 14, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa46 min
Aug 14, 5:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso28 min
Aug 14, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.