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Freeze Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 16, 202613 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this freeze warning at Apr 16, 2026, 5:34 PM MDT for 13 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 17, 2026, 10:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2026, 5:34 PM MDT (23:34 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2026, 10:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2026, 8:00 AM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent 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, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this freeze warning 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 freeze warning went out at Apr 16, 5:21 PM MDT, 13 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 16, 5:21 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 16, 11:26 AM MDT, 6 hours 8 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1126 AM MDT Thu Apr 16 2026

COZ058>089-093>099-171730-
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-
1126 AM MDT Thu Apr 16 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Critical Fire Weather Conditions can be expected across much of
southern Colorado today with winds gusting up to 30 to 40 mph across
the lower elevations and up to 50 to 60 mph in and near the
mountains. Rapid rates of fire spread will be likely, and any
activities which could start a wildfire should be avoided.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Much cooler weather spreads in for Friday though the southern
portions of the southeast plains could see another round of Critical
Fire Weather conditions Friday morning before the cold front moves
through.  Otherwise, snow showers will spread into the mountains
along the Continental Divide by Friday morning, and into northern
portions of the southeast mountains and adjacent plains by mid day
Friday.  Snow tapers off quickly Friday evening with the potential
for up to 5 inches of snow across Teller county, and up to 4 inches
across northern El Paso county and northern portions of the Sawatch
and Mosquito ranges. Elsewhere, a mix or change over to snow may
spread as far down in elevation as 4000 feet though any accumulation
is more likely to occur at 6000 feet and higher.

A hard freeze will be likely Friday night into Saturday morning and
again Saturday night into Sunday morning across much of the
southeast plains.  Precautions should be taken to protect tender
vegetation and vulnerable pipes from freezing.

Temperatures warm back up for the weekend through next week with at
least elevated critical fire weather conditions returning to the
plains and valleys at times. Showers and thunderstorms will return
to the forecast, especially late week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight.

27/27

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 12:44 PM MDTRed Flag WarningPUBAlamosa, Baca, Conejos, Costilla, Las Animas, Rio Grande and 1 more29 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.