Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2010
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2010, 9:37 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 8 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 31, 2010, 9:37 PM MDT (03:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2010, 5:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Kiowa County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 11:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Bristol, CO | PROWERS COUNTY REPORTS 6 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 196 NEAR BRISTOL. HIGHWAY 196 IS CLOSED BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 19 AND HIGHWAY 385. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this flash flood warning; the first came 98 minutes after it went out.
Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 216 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 662 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
055 WGUS55 KPUB 010337 FFWPUB COC061-099-010630- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0028.100801T0337Z-100801T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 937 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 1230 AM MDT * AT 932 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL PROWERS AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WILL BRING AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE NEXT HOUR OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BRANDON...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...CLAY CREEK...HORSE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK... DURKEE CREEK...SOUTH PLUM CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...BOGGS CREEK... COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3772 10223 3775 10261 3849 10250 $$
11 follow-up statements
659 WGUS75 KPUB 010422 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1022 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 COC061-099-010630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 1022 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1013 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVIEST RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL PROWERS AND SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES...BETWEEN BRISTOL AND SHERIDAN LAKE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR. THIS IS ON TOP OF THE ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL ACROSS THE AREA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BRANDON...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...CLAY CREEK...HORSE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK... DURKEE CREEK...SOUTH PLUM CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...BOGGS CREEK... COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3772 10223 3775 10261 3849 10250 $$
871 WGUS75 KPUB 010454 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1054 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 COC061-099-010630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 1054 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1046 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PROWERS AND SOUTHEAST KIOWA COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR...WHICH IS ON TOP OF AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. AT 1040 PM...PROWERS COUNTY LAW ENFOREMENT REPORTED WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 196 EAST OF BRISTOL IN PROWERS COUNTY. AT THIS TIME...THEY ARE PREPARING TO CLOSE HIGHWAY 196 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 385 AND COUNTY ROAD 27. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BRANDON...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...CLAY CREEK...HORSE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK... DURKEE CREEK...SOUTH PLUM CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...BOGGS CREEK... COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3772 10223 3775 10261 3849 10250 $$
351 WGUS75 KPUB 010512 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1112 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 COC061-099-010630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 1112 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1110 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PROWERS AND SOUTHEAST KIOWA COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR...WHICH IS ON TOP OF AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. AT 1040 PM...PROWERS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 196 EAST OF BRISTOL IN PROWERS COUNTY. AT THIS TIME...THEY ARE PREPARING TO CLOSE HIGHWAY 196 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 385 AND COUNTY ROAD 27. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BRANDON...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...CLAY CREEK...HORSE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK... DURKEE CREEK...SOUTH PLUM CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...BOGGS CREEK... COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3772 10223 3775 10261 3849 10250 $$
972 WGUS75 KPUB 010518 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1118 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 COC061-099-010630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 1118 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1114 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PROWERS AND SOUTHEAST KIOWA COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR...WHICH IS ON TOP OF AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. AT 1115 PM...PROWERS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED 6 INCHES OF RUNNING WATER OVER HIGHWAY 196 NEAR BRISTOL IN PROWERS COUNTY. AT THIS TIME...THEY HAVE CLOSED HIGHWAY 196 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 385 AND COUNTY ROAD 19. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BRANDON...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...CLAY CREEK...HORSE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK... DURKEE CREEK...SOUTH PLUM CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...BOGGS CREEK... COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3772 10223 3775 10261 3849 10250 $$
484 WGUS55 KPUB 010554 FFWPUB COC061-099-010830- /O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1154 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 230 AM MDT * AT 1149 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PROWERS AND SOUTHEAST KIOWA COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE PAST HOUR...WHICH IS ON TOP OF AN ESTIMATED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER THIS EVENING. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BRANDON...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. PROWERS COUNTY LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES REPORT 6 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 196...AND HAVE IT CLOSED BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 19 AND HIGHWAY 385...NEAR BRISTOL IN PROWERS COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...CLAY CREEK...HORSE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK...DURKEE CREEK...SOUTH PLUM CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...BOGGS CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3772 10223 3775 10261 3849 10250 $$
138 WGUS75 KPUB 010725 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 125 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 COC061-099-010830- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 125 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 230 AM MDT... AT 122 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAINFALL WITH AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL PROWERS AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BRANDON...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...CLAY CREEK...HORSE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK... DURKEE CREEK...SOUTH PLUM CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...BOGGS CREEK... COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3772 10223 3775 10261 3849 10250 $$ KAM
275 WGUS55 KPUB 010825 FFWPUB COC061-099-011130- /O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 225 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 530 AM MDT * AT 224 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED AREA WITH ANOTHER 1 INCH EXPECTED THROUGH 400 AM. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BRANDON...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...CLAY CREEK...HORSE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK... DURKEE CREEK...SOUTH PLUM CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...BOGGS CREEK... COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3772 10223 3775 10261 3849 10250 $$ KAM
015 WGUS75 KPUB 010930 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 330 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 COC061-099-011130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 330 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM MDT... AT 328 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA WITH RATES AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH CONTINUING OVER THE AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BRANDON...BRISTOL...GRANADA...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. AT 325 AM THIS MORNING...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 96 FROM SHERIDAN LAKE TO NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER IN KIOWA COUNTY...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 385 NEAR THE KIOWA POWERS COUNTY LINE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...CLAY CREEK...HORSE CREEK...PLUM CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...BUFFALO CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK... DURKEE CREEK...SOUTH PLUM CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...BOGGS CREEK... COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3772 10223 3775 10261 3849 10250 $$ KAM
258 WGUS75 KPUB 011041 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 441 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 COC061-099-011130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 441 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM MDT... AT 439 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STORMS PRODUCING AROUND A QUARTER INCH PER HOUR RATES...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 96 IN KIOWA COUNTY. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BRANDON...BRISTOL...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...BUFFALO CREEK... WEST HORSE CREEK...BOGGS CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3808 10217 3811 10256 3849 10250 $$ KAM
685 WGUS75 KPUB 011117 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 517 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 COC061-099-011130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 517 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 AM MDT... AT 516 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS WITH LIGHT RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WHILE RAIN IS COMING TO AN END...WATER COULD STILL BE STANDING ON AREA ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING AREAS. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...BRANDON...BRISTOL...HARTMAN AND SHERIDAN LAKE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... ARKANSAS RIVER...BIG SANDY CREEK...PAULS ARROYO...BUFFALO CREEK... WEST HORSE CREEK...BOGGS CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK AND WEST WILD HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3848 10210 3808 10217 3811 10256 3849 10250 $$ KAM
138 WGUS75 KPUB 011125 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 525 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 COC061-099-011140- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-100801T1130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-KIOWA CO- 525 AM MDT SUN AUG 1 2010 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA AND NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 530 AM MDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3848 10210 3808 10217 3811 10256 3849 10250 $$ KAM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 31, 3:15 PM MDT, 6 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:15 PM MDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 315 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 .SHORT TERM... (TONIGHT AND SUNDAY) ...POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING CONTINUES... MONSOON REMAINS IN FULL SWING. AREA OF HEAVY RAIN OVER KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES IS TRAINING ALONG A BOUNDARY WITH NEAR 70 DEWPOINTS BEHIND IT. SO...BIG FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS OVER EASTERN KIOWA AND PROWERS COUNTIES AT THE PRESENT TIME. SO FAR...ONLY REPORTS FROM PROWERS COMMUNICATIONS OF FLOODED FIELDS 4 TO 5 MILES EAST OF LAMAR ALONG HIGHWAY 50. FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA THROUGH 430 PM. OTHER CONCERNS OVER THE CHALK AND COTTONWOOD CREEK BASINS...WEST OF NATHROP AND BUENA VISTA...AT THE PRESENT TIME. NOT REALLY HEAVY RAIN IN THAT AREA RIGHT NOW...BUT JUST ENOUGH TO HAVE ME CONCERNED...IN LIGHT OF THE FLOODING THAT OCCURRED OUT THAT WAY YESTERDAY. ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN...THE LINE OF STORMS MOVING OFF OF THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS...ALONG AND WEST OF THE INTERSTATE...FROM KTAD TO WALSENBURG. THIS AREA RECEIVED SOME HEAVY RAIN YESTERDAY SO RUNOFF WILL BE QUICK AND EFFICIENT. MOST OF THE REMAINDER OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL ALSO BE UNDER THE GUN THIS EVENING...AS ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH AND STEERING WINDS REMAIN LIGHT. WHO GETS THE HEAVY RAIN WILL DEPEND ON RANDOM PROCESSES OF NATURE SUCH AS WHERE OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES TRACK AND COLLIDE. TOMORROW...A BIT OF A CHANGE IN THE PATTERN. IT LOOKS LIKE THE MONSOONAL PLUME WILL PULL BACK TO THE WEST AND NORTH...FOCUSING MAINLY ON THE MOUNTAINS AND WEST...BUT ALSO POTENTIALLY CLIPPING MUCH OF EL PASO COUNTY. SO...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL GO INTO EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FROM NOON UNTIL MIDNIGHT SUNDAY. FOR THE REST OF THE PLAINS...IT APPEARS A DRIER SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL CURTAIL THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT FOR THE TIME BEING. LW .LONG TERM... (SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ONGOING BUSY WEATHER WILL NECESSITATE A SHORTER EXTENDED DISCUSSION. THE OVERALL UPPER PATTERN CHANGES VERY LITTLE THROUGH THE EXTENDED FORECAST PERIOD. THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY...AN UPPER RIDGE OF HI PRES REMAINS CENTERED OVER THE GULF STATES WHILE A TROUGH OF LOW PRES PERCOLATES OVER THE PAC NW. A NUMBER OF UPPER DISTURBANCES ROLL ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE PERIOD...WHILE THE PLUME OF MONSOON MOISTURE CONTINUES TO STREAM UP ACROSS THE DESERT SW AND INTO COLORADO...PROVIDING A NEARLY CONSTANT FEED OF MOISTURE. HOWEVER...THERE ARE A FEW CHANGES THAT COULD MEAN DIFFERENCES IN THE SENSIBLE WEATHER FROM DAY TO DAY. SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE WIDESPREAD PCPN FOR THE FORECAST AREA INTO LATE SUNDAY NIGHT...THEN POSSIBLY ANOTHER ROUND ON MONDAY AS A BOUNDARY DROPS DOWN ACROSS THE PALMER DVD. NAM AND GFS DISAGREE ON WHERE THIS BOUNDARY WILL SET UP...WITH THE GFS A BIT FURTHER SOUTH WITH IT...BUT WHERE IT FINALLY SETS UP WILL SERVE AS A FOCUS AREA FOR PLAINS CONVECTION. TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...MOISTURE PLUME CONTINUES ACROSS THE 4 CORNERS INTO COLORADO...BUT SEEMS TO BE MORE TIED TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN. IF THE STATE COULD BE SLICED IN HALF FROM THE NE CORNER TO THE SW CORNER...THE NORTHWESTERN HALF WOULD HAVE THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. THE HEAT IS EXPECTED TO RETURN TO THE SE CORNER. FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...LONG RANGE MODELS NOW INDICATE THAT THE MOISTURE PLUME MIGHT WEAKEN FOR THE FORECAST AREA BY NEXT WEEKEND...AS THE UPPER FLOW BECOMES MORE WEST TO SOUTHWEST. WILL MAINTAIN HOT TEMPS AND ISOLATED CONVECTION INITIALLY FIRING OFF THE HIGHER TERRAIN...THEN SLOWLY MOVING OFF ACROSS THE ADJACENT PLAINS. MOORE && .AVIATION... MAIN CONCERNS REVOLVE AROUND HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS AND ASSOCIATED LOW CIGS/VSBY THIS EVENING AND AGAIN TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY/INTENSE RAINFALL RATES ARE POSSIBLE LEADING TO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTIONS IN VISIBILITY. HEAVY RAIN THREAT AREA WILL PULL BACK TO THE WEST AND NORTH FOR TOMORROW AFTERNOON AND EVENING...STILL AFFECTING KCOS AND KALS...BUT PROBABLY EASING UP ON KPUB. LW && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR COZ058>068- 072>089-093>097. FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY EVENING FOR COZ058>085-087-088. && 50/27
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 6:44 AM MDT, 14 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 644 AM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 COZ058>089-093>099-011245- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 644 AM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING. SMALL HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE MAY ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER STORMS...BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE FROM LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL ONCE AGAIN BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. MUD OR ROCK SLIDES WILL BE OF PARTICULAR CONCERN FOR THE MOUNTAIN AREAS. URBAN AREAS AND AREAS WITH POOR RUNOFF WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLOODING TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A PERSISTENT PATTERN WILL KEEP ACTIVE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO THROUGH FRIDAY. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST TO DEVELOP ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND SPREAD INTO THE PLAINS WEST IF INTERSTATE 25 AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SLOW STORM MOTIONS WILL LEAD TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER LOCATIONS THAT HAVE SEEN HEAVY RAINFALL FOR CONSECUTIVE DAYS. THERE IS LESS CERTAINTY IN THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE OVER THE PLAINS WITH THE BEST CHANCES BEING EARLY NEXT WEEK. THUNDERSTORMS THAT OCCUR THROUGH FRIDAY WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL AND LIGHTNING IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER SOUTHEAST COLORADO THROUGH THIS EVENING. 44/88
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 5:14 PM MDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 514 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 COZ093-094-097-312345- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- 514 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES...LA JUNTA. AT 511 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HIGBEE...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGBEE. LA JUNTA. PENNY TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL...WINDS AROUND 50 MPH...AND HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 5:48 PM MDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 548 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 COZ089-093-097-010015- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- 548 PM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR... WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES...LA JUNTA. AT 544 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 7 MILES SOUTH OF ROCKY FORD...OR 10 MILES WEST OF LA JUNTA...WHICH WAS MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... LA JUNTA. SWINK. ROCKY FORD. ORDWAY. CHERAW. GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND SMALL HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH DIAMETER ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IN THE EVENT THESE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 7:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 5 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:00 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:04 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 43 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 68 min |
| Aug 1, 3:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 86 min |
| Aug 1, 5:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 90 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.