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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 9, 2026Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2026, 3:48 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 42 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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Issued: Aug 9, 2026, 3:48 PM MDT (21:48 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2026, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 9, 2:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 2:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 11:42 AM MDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1142 AM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

COZ058>089-093>099-101745-
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-
1142 AM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Very hot temperatures are expected today across the entire region,
with temperatures eclipsing 100 over the plains and the upper 80s
to low 90s over the mountain valleys. Isolated showers and
thunderstorms this afternoon and evening will produce briefly
gusty winds of 50 to 60 mph and lightning, but little or no
rainfall.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Hot temperatures will continue Tuesday and Wednesday, with a
slow increase in thunderstorm coverage both days. Cooler weather
with widespread showers and thunderstorms is then forecast from
Thursday into the weekend, with a threat for heavy rainfall and
flash flooding developing, especially over recent burn scars.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters will not be needed today or tonight.

10/SKELLY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:47 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Local storm report, Aug 9, 1:49 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 1:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
153 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

COZ079-083-086-087-092045-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000Ft CO-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Ft CO-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County CO-
153 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO...SOUTHEASTERN
FREMONT...EASTERN CUSTER AND WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM
MDT...

At 153 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from 13 miles southwest of Pueblo Reservoir to 8 miles east
of Greenhorn Mountain. Movement was east at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 60 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Southwestern Pueblo, Pueblo Reservoir, Pueblo West, Rye, Beulah,
Wetmore, and Colorado City.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3835 10473 3784 10450 3777 10492 3782 10492
      3824 10510
TIME...MOT...LOC 1953Z 262DEG 14KT 3819 10499 3790 10486

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
223 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

COZ081-083-085-086-092115-
Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet CO-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County CO-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range Below
7400 Ft CO-
Teller County/Rampart Range above 7500fT/Pike's Peak Between 7500 And
11000 Ft CO-
223 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL FREMONT...SOUTHWESTERN EL
PASO AND NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM MDT...

At 222 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers near Penrose,
or 23 miles south of Colorado Springs, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Penrose and Pueblo West.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3840 10503 3858 10506 3866 10475 3854 10467
      3839 10471
TIME...MOT...LOC 2022Z 262DEG 9KT 3851 10495

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:06 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
306 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

COZ098-099-092145-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO-
306 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN
BACA COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM MDT...

At 306 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from near Holly to Two Buttes Reservoir. Movement was
southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Holly and Two Buttes Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3763 10206 3753 10261 3775 10261 3809 10212
      3806 10204 3765 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 327DEG 12KT 3801 10215 3767 10259

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 3:48 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
348 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

COZ094-097>099-092230-
Springfield Vicinity/Baca County CO-Lamar Vicinity/Prowers County CO-
Las Animas Vicinity/Bent County CO-Eastern Las Animas County CO-
348 PM MDT Sun Aug 9 2026

...GUSTY SHOWERS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS...BACA...
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM
MDT...

At 346 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking gusty showers along a line
extending from near Holly to near Pritchett to 8 miles northeast of
Branson. Movement was east southeast at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Brief gustnado may also be
         possible.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Springfield, Holly, Walsh, Granada, Pritchett, Vilas, Campo, Hartman,
Kim, Two Buttes, Two Buttes Reservoir, and Stonington.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10207 3700 10385 3711 10402 3746 10297
      3813 10224 3809 10204
TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 282DEG 19KT 3801 10218 3741 10294 3709 10377

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	30 min
Aug 8, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	44 min
Aug 8, 7:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	38 min
Aug 8, 8:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	30 min
Aug 9, 3:18 AM MDT	Heat Advisory	PUB	Bent, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Otero, Prowers and 2 more	40 hr
Aug 9, 1:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	40 min
Aug 9, 1:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	46 min
Aug 9, 1:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	43 min
Aug 9, 1:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	52 min
Aug 9, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Aug 9, 3:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	39 min
Aug 9, 4:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	38 min
Aug 9, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	62 min
Aug 9, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.