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URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
138 AM MDT Thu Apr 16 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 Pueblo, Lamar, Walsh, Black Forest, La Junta, Canon
City, Kim, Rocky Ford, Peterson Space Force Base, Walsenburg,
Springfield, Eads, Olney Springs, Ordway, Penrose, Sheridan Lake,
Branson, Trinidad, Las Animas, and Colorado Springs
138 AM MDT Thu Apr 16 2026

...FREEZE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM LATE FRIDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SATURDAY MORNING...

* WHAT...Widespread temperatures in the 20s are expected by Saturday
  morning with teens across Monument Hill.

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

* WHEN...From late Friday night through Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

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