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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 24, 2026Baca County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Jun 24, 2026, 1:08 AM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 37 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: Jun 24, 2026, 1:08 AM MDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2026, 1:45 AM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

County Baca County, CO

The radar

The Dodge City radar (KDDC), 209 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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: 970 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -207 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 731 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 361 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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The text

As transmitted.

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WWUS85 KPUB 240708
SPSPUB

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
108 AM MDT Wed Jun 24 2026
 
COZ099-240745-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-
108 AM MDT Wed Jun 24 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY THROUGH
145 AM MDT...

At 108 AM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles southwest of Stonington, or 24 miles west of Elkhart, moving
northeast at 35 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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.

Locations impacted include...
Stonington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 500 AM MDT for
southeastern Colorado.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10227 3700 10231 3712 10247 3747 10210
      3742 10204 3715 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 0708Z 227DEG 31KT 3714 10231 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

kam

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 23, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	48 min
Jun 23, 7:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	42 min
Jun 23, 7:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	53 min
Jun 23, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	49 min
Jun 23, 8:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	40 min
Jun 23, 9:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	44 min
Jun 23, 9:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	26 min
Jun 23, 9:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	23 min
Jun 23, 9:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	61 min
Jun 23, 9:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	32 min
Jun 23, 9:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
Jun 23, 9:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	37 min
Jun 23, 10:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
Jun 23, 10:06 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Pueblo	39 min
Jun 23, 10:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	33 min
Jun 23, 10:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	31 min
Jun 23, 10:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	23 min
Jun 23, 10:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	51 min
Jun 23, 10:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	21 min
Jun 23, 10:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	32 min
Jun 23, 10:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Pueblo	43 min
Jun 23, 10:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	40 min
Jun 23, 10:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	3 hr
Jun 23, 11:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	51 min
Jun 23, 11:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	46 min
Jun 23, 11:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero, Pueblo	45 min
Jun 23, 11:18 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	26 min
Jun 23, 11:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	40 min
Jun 23, 11:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	53 min
Jun 23, 11:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	36 min
Jun 23, 11:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	33 min
Jun 23, 11:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	45 min
Jun 23, 11:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	51 min
Jun 23, 11:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jun 23, 11:58 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	47 min
Jun 23, 11:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	3 hr
Jun 24, 12:02 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	43 min
Jun 24, 12:06 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jun 24, 12:20 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	25 min
Jun 24, 12:27 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	33 min
Jun 24, 12:31 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	29 min
Jun 24, 12:41 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	19 min
Jun 24, 12:42 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	48 min
Jun 24, 12:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	31 min
Jun 24, 12:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	35 min
Jun 24, 12:58 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	47 min
Jun 24, 2:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	37 min
Jun 24, 1:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
Jun 24, 2:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	30 min
Jun 24, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	33 min
Jun 24, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Douglas	41 min
Jun 24, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	26 min
Jun 24, 3:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	27 min
Jun 24, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	26 min
Jun 24, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	34 min
Jun 24, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	25 min
Jun 24, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jun 24, 5:39 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Las Animas	110 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.