FLUS45 KPUB 221740 HWOPUB Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1140 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026 COZ058>089-093>099-231745- 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- 1140 AM MDT Sat Aug 22 2026 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east central...south central and southeast Colorado. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms will once again be possible this afternoon and well into the evening hours across the mountains and plains. Showers and storms are expected to get a late start later today, with the activity not pushing out onto the plains until very late afternoon or early evening. The overall best chance of showers and storms will be over the greater Pikes Peak region. Little if any rain is expected over the far southeast Plains today or tonight. Showers and storms are expected well into the night time hours over the plains, mainly along and north of highway 50. Some of the storms today over the plains, along and north of highway 50, may be marginally severe, producing wind gusts to 60 mph and quarter size hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday Showers and thunderstorms in the afternoon and evening will be a routine occurrence through the period. Some days may see a bit more activity while other days may see less, depending on the location of the monsoon plume. Based on latest guidance, the overall best chance of showers during this period may be midweek and a weak front interacts with the monsoon moisture. Any thunderstorms that form over the Aspen Acres burn scar could cause flash flooding. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will be possible over portions of the region. $$ SIMCOE/SIMCOE