River Flood Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Oct 13, 2008, 4:46 PM MDT (22:46 UTC)

Expired

Oct 14, 2008, 4:13 AM MDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Flood severity

Minor

County Bent County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 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 Purgatoire River near Las Animas (LAPC2).

Action stage

8 ft

Minor stage

9 ft

Moderate stage

12 ft

Major stage

15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07128500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

000 
WGUS45 KPUB 132246
FLWPUB
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
446 PM MDT MON OCT 13 2008

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

  PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR LAS ANIMAS AFFECTING BENT COUNTY.

.HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT HAVE CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT RISE IN THE
PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR LAS ANIMAS. THE RIVER WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD
STAGE THIS EVENING...FALLING BELOW FLODD STAGE LATER TONIGHT.

SAFETY MESSAGE...STAY AWAY FROM THE BANKS OF RIVERS AND STREAMS.  
DURING A FLOOD...SATURATED BANKS CAN EASILY BREAK OFF AND FALL INTO 
POTENTIALLY DEADLY...FAST FLOWING FLOOD WATER.  

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND 
WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  THE WEB SITE FOR THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS WEATHER.GOV/PUEBLO.  YOU CAN 
LINK TO THE HYDROLOGY PAGE BY CLICKING ON THE LIGHT BLUE RIVERS AND 
LAKES TAB NEAR THE TOP OF THE PAGE. 

COC011-141046-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FL.W.0013.081013T2246Z-081014T1836Z/
/LAPC2.1.ER.081013T2208Z.081014T0000Z.081014T0636Z.UU/
446 PM MDT MON OCT 13 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR LAS ANIMAS.
* UNTIL TUESDAY AFTERNOON...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
* AT  4:15 PM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.1 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 9.5 FEET BY EARLY
  THIS EVENING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AFTER MIDNIGHT 
  TONIGHT.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...MINOR AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 
  9.5 FEET ON JULY 3 1972.

$$
SR

000 
WGUS85 KPUB 141013
FLSPUB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
413 AM MDT TUE OCT 14 2008

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
COLORADO...
 
  PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR LAS ANIMAS AFFECTING BENT COUNTY.

.WATER LEVELS WERE FALLING ALONG THE PURGATOIRE RIVER EARLY THIS
MORNING...AND THE THREAT OF FLOODING HAS ENDED. 

SAFETY MESSAGE...STAY AWAY FROM THE BANKS OF RIVERS AND STREAMS.  
DURING A FLOOD...SATURATED BANKS CAN EASILY BREAK OFF AND FALL INTO 
POTENTIALLY DEADLY...FAST FLOWING FLOOD WATER.  

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND 
WARNINGS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  THE WEB SITE FOR THE 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO IS WEATHER.GOV/PUEBLO.  YOU CAN 
LINK TO THE HYDROLOGY PAGE BY CLICKING ON THE LIGHT BLUE RIVERS AND 
LAKES TAB NEAR THE TOP OF THE PAGE. 

COC011-141043-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-081014T1836Z/
/LAPC2.1.ER.081013T2208Z.081014T0030Z.081014T0610Z.UU/
413 AM MDT TUE OCT 14 2008

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR LAS ANIMAS.
* AT  3:15 AM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 7.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 12:10 AM TUESDAY.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 5.0 FEET BY 
  MIDMORNING TOMORROW.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 
  8.0 FEET ON JUNE 17 1923.

$$

River Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every river flood warning in 2008

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.