Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

The extremely dangerous heat wave continues across the East Coast and much of the South-Central U.S. today. Record high temperatures are expected for some areas especially across the Mid-Atlantic where extreme heat risk conditions reside. There is a Slight Risk (level 2 of 5) of severe thunderstorms today for the northern Mid-Atlantic into portions of southern New England. Read More >

Our area of responsibility covers southeast and south central Colorado. The counties in our area of responsibility are:

Alamosa, Bent, Baca, Costilla, Conejos, Crowley, Custer, Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Kiowa, Las Animas, Lake, Mineral, Otero, Prowers, Pueblo, Rio Grande, Saguache and Teller

The topography of our area is extremely diverse, as you can see from the topographic map below.

We recently realigned our zones to reflect the topography better. Many of our zone lines are based on an elevation contour. For a more detailed map showing our zones and related elevations, click on the thumbnail below.

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Our products are issued either by zone or by county. Zone codes are listed in the above table. County names, and associated FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) codes, are pictured below.

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Heat Continues for the East and South-Central U.S.; Strong to Severe Storms Across the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast

National Weather Service Pueblo, CO Forecast Area of Responsibility