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Flood Watch 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 15, 2026Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flood watch at Sep 15, 2026, 12:12 AM MDT for Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado. It took effect at Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 2026, 12:12 AM MDT (06:12 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
36 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity
None

Counties Conejos County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:10 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 Sep 14, 5:43 PM MDT, 6 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 5:43 PM MDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 14, 12:11 PM MDT, 12 hours 1 minute before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1211 PM MDT Mon Sep 14 2026

COZ058>089-093>099-151815-
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-
1211 PM MDT Mon Sep 14 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 are forecast across southern Colorado
this afternoon and evening. Thunderstorms will be capable of
producing lightning, small hail and wind gusts near 45 mph.
Locally heavy rainfall will be possible, especially along the
Continental Divide, with an increased risk of flash flooding over
the Willow Burn Scar.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Increasing moisture and multiple waves are forecast to impact
southern Colorado Tuesday through Friday. Showers and
thunderstorms will increase in coverage on Tuesday across the
Mountains, then across the whole area Wednesday through Friday.
Flash flooding on area burn scars will be possible during the
Wednesday to Friday period as thunderstorms will be efficient
rainfall producers. Lightning, gusty outflow winds and small hail
will be possible as well. Drier air will lead to slightly less
shower and thunderstorm coverage over the weekend.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

10/88

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 6:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster38 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.