Locally Heavy Rainfall for the Carolinas; Thunderstorms and Fire Weather Concerns for Intermountain West

Heavy rainfall from scattered thunderstorms is expected across the Southwest, Intermountain West, and Plains. Isolated dry thunderstorms may initiate additional fires across the west. The coastal Carolinas may experience flash floods in the coming days due to repeated thunderstorms. Additionally, a wave of intense summer heat will hit the Southern Plains and central Gulf Coast States this week. 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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Link Zone descriptions - text

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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Locally Heavy Rainfall for the Carolinas; Thunderstorms and Fire Weather Concerns for Intermountain West

National Weather Service Pueblo, CO Forecast Area of Responsibility