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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 115, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 26, 2026Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2026, 3:16 AM MDT for Baca County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 2026, 3:16 AM MDT (09:16 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 2026, 3:45 AM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Baca County, CO, Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:19 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 273 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2956 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 245 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.2

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 1:08 AM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 1:08 AM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 1:10 AM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
110 AM MDT Fri Jun 26 2026

COZ058>089-093>099-270715-
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-
110 AM MDT Fri Jun 26 2026

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated strong to severe storms are expected today across the
eastern plains, with large hail up to 1.5 inches and strong winds to
65 mph the primary hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Widespread critical fire weather conditions are expected to return
this weekend and into midweek next week as dry and windy conditions
return. The most widespread critical conditions are expected this
weekend and Monday. In addition, dry lightning may be a concern next
week as well.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

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

SIMCOE/SIMCOE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:46 PM MDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 10:56 PM MDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 25, 11:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 12:27 AM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:45 AM MDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:11 AM MDT, 5 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 6:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jun 25, 6:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	47 min
Jun 25, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		29 min
Jun 25, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	30 min
Jun 25, 8:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	26 min
Jun 25, 9:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jun 25, 10:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	44 min
Jun 25, 10:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	34 min
Jun 25, 11:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	26 min
Jun 26, 12:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	33 min
Jun 26, 2:45 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	30 min
Jun 26, 3:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	34 min
Jun 26, 3:47 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	28 min
Jun 26, 10:00 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more	27 hr
Jun 26, 10:00 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more	35 hr
Jun 26, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	48 min
Jun 26, 2:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	25 min
Jun 26, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	28 min
Jun 26, 3:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Jun 26, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
Jun 26, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
Jun 26, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	24 min
Jun 26, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
Jun 26, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Otero, Pueblo	33 min
Jun 26, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Otero	32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.