NWS Pueblo COFF.W 0090September 30, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Custer and Pueblo, CO
The National Weather Service office in Pueblo issued a flash flood warning for Custer and Pueblo in Colorado, which was in force until 2:30 p.m. local time on September 30. It was the 90th flash flood warning the NWS office in Pueblo issued in 2026. Colorado had 31 flash flood warnings in September 2026, against 8 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Colorado's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 2.9 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Pueblo CO
- Area
- Custer and Pueblo
- State
- Colorado
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 11:36 a.m. MDT, September 30, 2026
- Expires
- 2:30 p.m. MDT, September 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPUB FF.W 0090
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
FFWPUB The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Middle Aspen Acres Burn Scar in... East Central Custer County in southeastern Colorado... West Central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 230 PM MDT. * At 1136 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Middle Aspen Acres Burn Scar. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.75 inches in 1 hour. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the Middle Creek, Squirrel Creek and Upper Saint Charles. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Middle Aspen Acres Burn Scar. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Middle Aspen Acres Burn Scar. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Beulah and San Isabel. This includes the following high risk locations... Beulah Water Intake, Northcreek Road county line to Red Mountain Camp and Northcreek Road from Red Mountain Camp to Beulah.
What the agency told people to do
This is a life-threatening situation for in and around the middle Aspen Acres Burn Scar. Move away and to higher ground immediately. Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas.
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