River Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 2, 2007, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)

In effect from

Aug 2, 2007, 6:00 PM MDT

Expired

Aug 2, 2007, 9:10 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Flood severity

Minor

County Pueblo County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River near Avondale (ADLC2).

Action stage

6 ft

Minor stage

7 ft

Moderate stage

10 ft

Major stage

12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07109500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS45 KPUB 022249
FLWPUB
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
449 PM MDT THU AUG 02 2007

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING 
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN COLORADO...

  ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR AVONDALE AFFECTING PUEBLO COUNTY.

.HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAIN...OVER 6 INCHES IN SOME SPOTS...FELL ACROSS
THE SAINT CHARLES RIVER BASIN LAST NIGHT.  THE SAINT CHARLES RIVER
STARTS IN THE WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE SAN ISABEL AND FLOWS NORTHEASTWARD
THROUGH BLENDE...MEETING UP WITH THE ARKANSAS RIVER JUST EAST OF
PUEBLO.  ALL OF THIS WATER IS NOW HEADING DOWN THE ARKANSAS RIVER
EAST OF PUEBLO.  LATEST ROUTING OF THE WATER INDICATES THE ARKANSAS
RIVER AT AVONDALE WILL CLIMB TO FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE 
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO 
CROSS SAFELY. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE 
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.  TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY 
MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD 
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.  WHETHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE...
FIND HIGHER GROUND DURING HIGH WATER SITUATIONS. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY 
FROM FAST FLOWING WATER.

COC101-031049-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FL.W.0002.070803T0000Z-070803T1200Z/
/ADLC2.1.ER.070803T0000Z.070803T0000Z.070803T0000Z.NO/
449 PM MDT THU AUG 02 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR AVONDALE.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  4:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.3 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE EARLY 
  THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 7.0 FEET...CONSIDERABLE AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS 
  NEAR AVONDALE.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 
  7.8 FEET ON APRIL 24 1942.

$$

000 
WGUS85 KPUB 030310
FLSPUB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
910 PM MDT THU AUG 02 2007

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
COLORADO...
 
  ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR AVONDALE AFFECTING PUEBLO COUNTY.

.WATER LEVELS IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT AVONDALE WILL CONTINUE TO RECEDE
OVERNIGHT...AS THE RUN OFF FROM RAINFALL WHICH OCCURRED YESTERDAY OVER 
THE HEADWATERS OF THE SAINT CHARLES RIVER CONTINUES TO FLOW DOWNSTREAM
IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER.  MINOR FLOODING OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT 
AVONDALE IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. THEREFORE THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
CANCELLED.  

SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE OR WALK INTO AREAS WHERE 
WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.  THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOU TO 
CROSS SAFELY. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE 
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE.  TWO FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY 
MOST VEHICLES INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD 
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED.  WHETHER ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE...
FIND HIGHER GROUND DURING HIGH WATER SITUATIONS. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY 
FROM FAST FLOWING WATER.

COC101-030340-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FL.W.0002.000000T0000Z-070803T1200Z/
/ADLC2.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
910 PM MDT THU AUG 02 2007

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE ARKANSAS RIVER NEAR AVONDALE.
* AT  8:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 7.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER CRESTED BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 6.7 FEET.  THE 
  RIVER WILL FALL TO 2.7 FEET BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 5.0 FEET...THE RIVER IS BANKFULL NEAR AVONDALE.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 
  7.8 FEET ON APRIL 24 1942.

$$

River Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2007Every river flood warning in 2007

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.