NWS Pueblo COFF.W 0001May 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: Las Animas, CO
The National Weather Service office in Pueblo issued a flash flood warning for Las Animas in Colorado, which was in force until 8:30 p.m. local time on May 28. It was the 1st flash flood warning the NWS office in Pueblo issued in 2026. Colorado had 2 flash flood warnings in May 2026, against 8 in an average May of 2008-2025 (Colorado's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Pueblo CO
- Area
- Las Animas
- State
- Colorado
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 5:22 p.m. MDT, May 28, 2026
- Expires
- 8:30 p.m. MDT, May 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KPUB FF.W 0001
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado since 2008Every warning type in Colorado
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The notice as issued
FFWPUB The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Southwestern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 830 PM MDT. * At 522 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Stonewall, Segundo and Weston.
What the agency told people to do
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.