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Special Weather Statement, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 10, 2026Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2026, 2:12 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 48 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: Aug 10, 2026, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2026, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

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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 10, 12:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 12:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 11:46 AM MDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:32 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:35 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:00 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 10, 2:12 PM MDT, 0 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
Aug 9, 6:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	39 min
Aug 9, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	52 min
Aug 10, 12:49 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	PUB	Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller	30 hr
Aug 10, 1:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	43 min
Aug 10, 1:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	40 min
Aug 10, 2:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	45 min
Aug 10, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Aug 10, 2:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	42 min
Aug 10, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Conejos, Rio Grande	47 min
Aug 10, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	25 min
Aug 10, 3:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	52 min
Aug 10, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	52 min
Aug 10, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	34 min
Aug 10, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	37 min
Aug 10, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
Aug 10, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	38 min
Aug 10, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	31 min
Aug 10, 5:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	34 min
Aug 10, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	29 min
Aug 10, 5:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	32 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.