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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2026, 6:24 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2026, 6:24 PM MDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2026, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:25 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.
Did it verify
Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 286 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3549 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
729
WUUS55 KPUB 290024
SVRPUB
COC071-290115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.SV.W.0187.260729T0024Z-260729T0115Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
624 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
South central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 715 PM MDT.
* At 624 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
Branson, or 25 miles north of Des Moines, moving east at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
south central Las Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 10396 3718 10398 3727 10373 3701 10369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 262DEG 10KT 3712 10390
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
$$
SimcoeWhat 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 Jul 28, 5:52 PM MDT, 32 minutes earlier. Its key messages:
- Scattered to numerous storms expected TODAY and TOMORROW over the region; Storms capable of heavy rain
- A few severe storms today, Flash flooding possible.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 5:52 PM MDT, 32 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pueblo CO 552 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026 .KEY MESSAGES... - Scattered to numerous storms expected TODAY and TOMORROW over the region; Storms capable of heavy rain - A few severe storms today, Flash flooding possible. && .SHORT TERM /THROUGH WEDNESDAY/... Issued at 134 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026 As of early afternoon, numerous storms already noted over the CONTDVD region with scattered storms along the S mtns and Pikes Peak region. 50+ dbz cores already noted in several storms. Dewpts higher all areas with near 70 dwpts along US50 corridor over the plains east of KPUB. Observed PWATs over the plains above 150 to 200% of normal with 100-150% over interior mtns. Main concern today will obviously be flash flooding over the burn scars, especially the Aspen Acres burn area. Photos starting to show mudflows in the central part of the AA burn scar and if we get a strong storm, the potential for mud flows/flash flooding will be high. Additionally, any storm which moves slow/trains will have the potential to produce flash flooding today Decent cape of 1000-1500 and some very modest shear will allow for a few lower end severe storms and a severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for the plains generally along and north of US50. The activity will become more organized over as the day progresses and a line of storm should be note over the I-25 corridor by late afternoon, moving slowly east as the evening progresses. The activity should reach the KS border AOA midnight. SOme storms may linger through the early AM hours of Wednesday, especially along the CO/NM border. For tomorrow, I anticipate a repeat performance of today as plenty of moisture will be through the column as the monsoon plume remains over the region and weak short waves will be moving over the mid level ridge over the region. Flash flooding may be more of a concern over a larger part of the region as todays precip will likely start to saturate the soils over the region, and more heavy rain coming down over a brief period of time could cause issues, especially over the burn scars and urban areas. With less shear and CAPE severe threat will be less. && .LONG TERM /WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY/... Issued at 134 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026 For Thursday, anticipate it will be somewhat drier over the region and storms this day will be more confined to the higher terrain, with more isolated activity plains. Additionally, temps will start to be on the increase once again. Friday, a much more pronounced short wave will be moving down in the NW flow aloft and winds throughout the column will be rather strong as a jet streak will clearly be over the region. The mtns appear drier this day so less convection over the higher terrain, but we may see some organized severe storms over the eastern plains on this day. Weekend into Monday...Hot. Any storms will be isolated and mainly confined to the mtns. Tuesday we may see cooler weather move in with a better chance of precip. \/Hodanish && .AVIATION /00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z THURSDAY/... Issued at 552 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026 KCOS, KPUB, and KALS: MVFR conditions may take place in thunderstorms due to reduced visibility, but outside of thunderstorms, VFR conditions are expected for all three sites. Showers and storms are expected to end during the late evening to early overnight hours. With that said, another round of heavy monsoon thunderstorms is expected tomorrow afternoon, especially at KCOS and KPUB. Otherwise, mid to high level clouds will persist much of this TAF period, with light winds outside of thunderstorms. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... Flash Flood Watch until midnight MDT tonight for COZ079-080- 086. Flash Flood Watch from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening for COZ079-080-086. && SHORT TERM...HODANISH LONG TERM...HODANISH AVIATION...SIMCOE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 11:51 AM MDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1151 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026 COZ058>089-093>099-291800- 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- 1151 AM MDT Tue Jul 28 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 will be scattered to numerous over all of the region as the afternoon progresses. All of the storms will be capable of heavy rain. Flash flooding will be a concern in the Aspen Acres burn scar region. Additionally, the storms over the plains could become strong and produce hail up to 1 inch in diameter and wind gusts to 60 mph. The activity will move slowly east from late this afternoon into the evening hours. The storms over the plains may last until the early morning hours of Wednesday. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Showers and thunderstorms will be scattered to numerous over the region on Wednesday. All of the storms will be capable of heavy rain. Flash flooding will be a concern in the Aspen Acres burn scar region. The storms over the plains on Wednesday may last into the late evening hours. From Thursday into early next week, showers and storms will become more isolaed in nature and mainly occur over the mountains. Temperatures will once again become hot over the region. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be likely over portions of the region. Hodanish
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:25 PM MDT, 59 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
525 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 WSW Pinon 38.41N 104.67W
07/28/2026 M68 MPH Pueblo CO Mesonet
Mesonet station AW866 PUEBLO WEST.
&&Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:53 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
553 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0541 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 5 NE Blende 38.28N 104.50W
07/28/2026 M60 MPH Pueblo CO AWOS
AWOS station KPUB Pueblo Airport.
&&Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:56 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report...Summary
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
556 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 WSW Pinon 38.41N 104.67W
07/28/2026 M68 MPH Pueblo CO Mesonet
Mesonet station AW866 PUEBLO WEST.
0541 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 5 NE Blende 38.28N 104.50W
07/28/2026 M60 MPH Pueblo CO AWOS
AWOS station KPUB Pueblo Airport.
0418 PM Flash Flood 7 E Texas Creek 38.38N 105.46W
07/28/2026 Fremont CO Emergency Mngr
Fremont County Emergency Management reports
two to 3 feet of water with two to three
feet of debris and mud in the 8000-9000
block of Copper Gulch Road.
0505 PM Flash Flood 6 ESE Texas Creek 38.36N 105.48W
07/28/2026 Fremont CO Public
Mud and debris on Copper Gulch as reported
by Fremont County Emergency Management.
0310 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 WSW Calhan 39.02N 104.33W
07/28/2026 M58 MPH El Paso CO Public
Personal weather station measured gust.
0349 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 ENE Truckton 38.74N 104.14W
07/28/2026 M67 MPH El Paso CO Public
Personal weather station measured gust.
0350 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 5 NE Yoder 38.90N 104.17W
07/28/2026 M58 MPH El Paso CO Public
Personal weather station measured wind gust.
0351 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 SE Truckton 38.70N 104.16W
07/28/2026 M58 MPH El Paso CO Public
Personal weather station measured gust.
0358 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 3 NNW Rush 38.88N 104.11W
07/28/2026 M59 MPH El Paso CO Public
Personal weather station measured wind gust.
0445 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 1 SE Truckton 38.72N 104.17W
07/28/2026 M66 MPH El Paso CO Public
Personal weather station measured wind gust.
0447 PM Flash Flood 4 N Ellicott 38.90N 104.39W
07/28/2026 El Paso CO Trained Spotter
Shared video via X. Hard to estimate the
depth, but very deep.
0109 PM Debris Flow 1 NNW San Isabel 38.00N 105.06W
07/28/2026 Custer CO Law Enforcement
Rockslide and debris along highway 165 1/2
mile south of Highway 78 is impassable,
large trees 40 feet in length blocking the
road. 12 inches of rocks mixed up. This was
a report from the field.
0506 PM Rain 2 SSW Wetmore 38.20N 105.10W
07/28/2026 M2.50 Inch Custer CO Trained Spotter
&&Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:57 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
557 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0457 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 6 S Colorado City 37.86N 104.83W
07/28/2026 M61 MPH Huerfano CO Mesonet
Mesonet station CO029 025s066 Apache City.
&&Local storm report, Jul 28, 5:58 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
558 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 4 WSW Pinon 38.41N 104.67W
07/28/2026 M68 MPH Pueblo CO Public
Personal weather station measured wind gust.
&&Special weather statement, Jul 28, 6:17 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
617 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026
COZ094-290045-
Eastern Las Animas County CO-
617 PM MDT Tue Jul 28 2026
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY
THROUGH 645 PM MDT...
At 617 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles north of Branson, or 25 miles north of Des Moines, moving east
at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
possible.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of south central Las
Animas County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 3705 10398 3718 10400 3727 10376 3703 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0017Z 257DEG 9KT 3713 10391
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH
SimcoeThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 27 min |
| Jul 28, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 44 min |
| Jul 28, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 7:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 48 min |
| Jul 28, 7:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 52 min |
| Jul 28, 8:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 51 min |
| Jul 28, 11:52 PM MDT | Flood Watch | PUB | Costilla, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 12:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 1:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 2:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 21 min |
| Jul 29, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 22 min |
| Jul 29, 4:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 4:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 31 min |
| Jul 29, 5:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 48 min |
| Jul 29, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 42 min |
| Jul 29, 5:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.