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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 19, 2026Bent County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2026, 6:40 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 16 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 19, 2026, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2026, 6:56 PM MDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Bent County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:42 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 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 19, 6:14 PM MDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 6:14 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 12:07 PM MDT, 6 hours 33 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 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 20, 12:30 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Fremont, Lake and 3 more	11 hr
Jun 20, 11:03 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Fremont, Lake and 3 more	35 hr
Jun 20, 3:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	24 min
Jun 20, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	30 min
Jun 20, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	40 min
Jun 20, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	23 min
Jun 20, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas	32 min
Jun 20, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	23 min
Jun 20, 5:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	27 min
Jun 20, 5:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	31 min

Nearby

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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.