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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 21, 20109 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 21, 2010, 9:19 AM MDT for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 21, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2010, 9:19 AM MDT (15:19 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 21, 2010, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 21, 2010, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity: None

Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 watch went out at Jul 21, 4:47 AM MDT, 4 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 4:47 AM MDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 6:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	56 min
Jul 20, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	65 min
Jul 20, 6:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	41 min
Jul 20, 6:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 20, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	46 min
Jul 20, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	60 min
Jul 20, 6:43 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	99 min
Jul 20, 6:46 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 20, 6:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	53 min
Jul 20, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	46 min
Jul 20, 7:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 20, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	51 min
Jul 20, 7:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	25 min
Jul 21, 5:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	3 hr

Nearby

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.