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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

National Weather Service Pueblo CO

1252 AM MDT Sat Apr 18 2026



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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-

Including Trinidad, Sheridan Lake, Walsenburg, Peterson Space

Force Base, Branson, Walsh, Eads, Rocky Ford, Olney Springs,

Ordway, Canon City, Las Animas, Lamar, Kim, Colorado Springs,

Springfield, La Junta, Penrose, Pueblo, and Black Forest

1252 AM MDT Sat Apr 18 2026



...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 AM MDT THIS MORNING...

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY 

MORNING...



* WHAT...For the Freeze Warning, sub-freezing temperatures in the 

  teens on Monument Hill to the 20s across the remainder of the 

  southeast plains.  For the Freeze Watch, sub-freezing temperatures 

  in the mid 20s to lower 30s possible.



* WHERE...All of the Southeast Colorado Plains.



* WHEN...For the Freeze Warning, until 8 AM MDT this morning. For 

  the Freeze Watch, from this evening through Sunday morning.



* IMPACTS...Freeze conditions will kill sensitive vegetation and 

  damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.



PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...



Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.



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