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Areal Flood Advisory 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 13, 2011El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 13, 2011, 9:24 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 2011, 9:24 PM MDT (03:24 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2011, 12:30 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:25 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2011-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 856 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2011-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -31 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
856 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo26 min
Jul 13, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso61 min
Jul 13, 6:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo34 min
Jul 13, 6:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso55 min
Jul 13, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso60 min
Jul 13, 7:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso64 min
Jul 13, 7:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo2 hr
Jul 13, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo45 min
Jul 13, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso67 min
Jul 13, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo22 min
Jul 13, 9:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo3 hr
Jul 13, 10:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 13, 10:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso32 min
Jul 13, 10:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 14, 2:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBLas Animas59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.