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Winter Storm Watch 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

April 29, 202611 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this winter storm watch at Apr 29, 2026, 12:39 AM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Apr 30, 2026, 6:00 AM MDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 29, 2026, 12:39 AM MDT (06:39 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 30, 2026, 6:00 AM MDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2026, 12:34 PM MDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:44 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 winter storm watch 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 winter storm watch went out at Apr 28, 11:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 28, 11:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 28, 7:55 PM MDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 12:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller37 min
Apr 29, 12:34 PM MDTWinter Storm WarningPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more58 hr
Apr 29, 12:34 PM MDTWinter Weather AdvisoryPUBChaffee, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Lake46 hr

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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.