Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

May 17, 1993, 12:50 PM MDT (18:50 UTC)

Expired

May 17, 1993, 5:30 PM MDT

In force

5 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Whole counties

County Conejos County, CO

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TTAA00 KALS 171901 COR
FFWALS
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BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED...CORRECTED    
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALAMOSA CO
1250 PM MDT MON MAY 17 1993

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALAMOSA HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR
PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS......

IN SOUTH COLORADO

   ...EAST CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTY

THE TOWNS MOST THREATENED BY THE FLOODING CONDITIONS ARE ORTIZ...
MANASSA AND SAN ANTONIO.

THE CREEK THAT REMAINS IN QUESTION IS THE SAN ANTONIO CREEK IN
EASTERN CENTRAL CONEJOS COUNTY WHERE THE CREEK CONTINUES TO REMAIN
OUT OF IT'S BANKS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE SLOWLY ACROSS
SOUTHERN COLORADO AND PRODUCE NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THIS WILL ADD TO
THE FLOODING CONCERNS IN CONEJOS COUNTY.

PERSONS LIVING ALONG SAN ANTONIO CREEK SHOULD CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE
FLOODING SITUATION AND EVACUATE AREAS WHERE WATER IS RISING. BRIEF
HEAVY RAINS ALONG SAN ANTONIO CREEK WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES IN THE
RIVER LEVELS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING THROUGH OUT THE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

STAY` TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION...STATEMENTS OR ADDITIONAL WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS
SITUATION.

BARNETT


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In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
730 AM MDT MON MAY 17 1993

...DENSE FOG IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AREAS OF DENSE FOG DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING.
VISIBILITY AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT WAS REDUCED TO LESS THAN A  .
QUARTER MILE AT 7 AM MDT...BUT BY 720 AM WAS UP TO ONE MILE.
AT FT. REYNOLDS...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF PUEBL VISIBILITY WAS 1 1/2
MILES AT 7 AM.

OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO WERE ALSO INDICATING FOG WITH 4 MILES
VISIBILITY AT LA JUNTA...AND 3 1/2 MILES VISIBILITY AT LAMAR.

THE FOG SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING IN THE
FOG AND ALLOW A FEW EXTRA MINUTES DRIVING TIME.

GRAY

COZ015-016-017-181530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
730 AM MDT MON MAY 17 1993

...DENSE FOG IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

AREAS OF DENSE FOG DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS MORNING.
VISIBILITY AT PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT WAS REDUCED TO LESS THAN A  .
QUARTER MILE AT 7 AM MDT...BUT BY 720 AM WAS UP TO ONE MILE.
AT FT. REYNOLDS...ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF PUEBL VISIBILITY WAS 1 1/2
MILES AT 7 AM.

OTHER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO WERE ALSO INDICATING FOG WITH 4 MILES
VISIBILITY AT LA JUNTA...AND 3 1/2 MILES VISIBILITY AT LAMAR.

THE FOG SHOULD CONTINUE UNTIL MID MORNING BEFORE DISSIPATING WITH
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION THIS MORNING WHILE DRIVING IN THE
FOG AND ALLOW A FEW EXTRA MINUTES DRIVING TIME.

GRAY

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993

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