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Flood Watch 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flood watch at Aug 15, 2026, 9:05 AM MDT for 10 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Aug 15, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 15, 2026, 9:05 AM MDT (15:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 15, 2026, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 15, 2026, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:07 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 15, 6:11 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 6:11 AM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 6:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 12:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 34 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 12:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 12:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 24 min | |
| Aug 15, 12:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 1:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 1:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 1:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 1:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 1:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 2:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 2:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 3:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 39 min |
| Aug 15, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 3:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 4:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 4:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 4:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 53 min |
| Aug 15, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 49 min |
| Aug 15, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 28 min |
| Aug 15, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 5:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 38 min |
| Aug 15, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 30 min |
| Aug 15, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 29 min |
| Aug 15, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 42 min |
| Aug 15, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 5:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 80 min |
| Aug 15, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 19 min |
| Aug 15, 5:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
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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.