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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 224, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2026, 5:54 PM MDT for Bent County, Kiowa County, Prowers 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2026, 5:54 PM MDT (23:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2026, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.88 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Bent County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
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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 Aug 14, 5:49 PM MDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 5:49 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1109 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026 COZ058>089-093>099-151715- 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- 1109 AM MDT Fri Aug 14 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Widespread showers and thunderstorms are forecast to develop by early afternoon, initially across the higher terrain, then spreading northeast across the Plains this evening and overnight. Thunderstorms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, and flash flooding is possible on area burn scars and across portions of El Paso County where heavy rain fell yesterday. Stronger thunderstorms across the plains could produce hail to around 1 inch in diameter and localized wind gusts up to 60 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Multiple rounds of showers and thunderstorms are forecast through the weekend into Monday. Locally heavy rainfall and an elevated risk of flash flooding on area burn scars remains in place. A few storms could become strong to severe, especially Saturday on the Plains with hail larger than an inch and wind gusts in excess of 60 mph. Drier and warmer conditions arrive for mid to late next week. Thunderstorm coverage looks less, and mainly confined to the higher terrain. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be likely over portions of the region. 31/34
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 14, 4:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 38 min |
| Aug 13, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 46 min |
| Aug 13, 6:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 6:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 7:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 11:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 11:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 21 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:25 AM MDT | Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso | 12 hr |
| Aug 14, 11:29 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 33 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 1:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 2:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 3:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 3:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 28 min |
| Aug 14, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 5:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
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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.