Hazardous Weather Outlook
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
Issued by NWS Pueblo, CO
979 FLUS45 KPUB 041056 HWOPUB Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 456 AM MDT Fri Jul 4 2025 COZ058>089-093>099-051100- 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- 456 AM MDT Fri Jul 4 2025 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated to widely scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected today. Showers and storms will initially develop along the mountains during the early afternoon hours, before pushing across the Pike Peaks region and then over the eastern plains this evening. The greatest concerns with any stronger storms today will be lightning, outflow winds of 40-50 mph, small hail, and brief periods of heavy rain. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Scattered afternoon and evening thunderstorms are expected both Sunday and Monday, with activity forming over the mountains in the afternoon, then moving across the plains by the evening hours. All thunderstorms both Sunday and Monday will be capable of producing small hail, gusty winds to 50 mph, frequent cloud to ground lightning and periods of moderate to heavy rainfall, and one or two storms over the eastern plains may become strong to severe, with hail to the size of quarters and winds gusts to 60 mph. Storms will become weaker and more isolated from Tuesday into the end of the week as moisture gradually diminishes across southern Colorado. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible over portions of the region. $$ SIMCOE/10