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Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1138 AM MDT Fri May 22 2026

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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-
1138 AM MDT Fri May 22 2026

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered showers and thunderstorms are expected to develop across
the higher terrain throughout the day, with precipitation spreading
east across the immediate adjacent plains through the afternoon
and evening hours, with the potential for showers continuing
across the plains into the overnight hours. The best coverage of
storms looks to be across the Pikes Peak region and across the
Raton Mesa and Southern I-25 Corridor. The main threats from
storms today will be cloud to ground lightning and gusty outflow
winds up to 45 mph, with small hail and locally heavy rainfall
possible with the strongest storms.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

For Saturday, there will be less shower and thunderstorm activity,
with most of the activity remaining over the southern mountains
and adjacent I-25 corridor region.

Sunday will see only isolated showers and thunderstorm activity
during the afternoon and early evening.

On Monday, thunderstorm activity will begin to increase over the
interior mountains while it will remain isolated over the plains.

On Tuesday, a slug of moisture is forecast to push across the state
from the southwest. This will likely bring numerous showers and
storms to the region, especially to the interior mountains. However.
it has been very dry over the interior high terrain, and with the
potential for quite a bit of lightning activity, there will be the
potential for lightning started fires.

Scattered showers and storms will be possible Wednesday, with
decreasing activity through the end of the week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be possible over portions of the region.

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