River Flood Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Apr 12, 2012, 11:13 PM MDT (05:13 UTC)

Expired

Apr 13, 2012, 4:21 AM MDT

In force

5 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 05:14 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.

415 
WGUS45 KPUB 130513
FLWPUB
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1113 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012

...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.

.THE PURGATOIRE RIVER IS CURRENTLY RUNNING HIGH DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL
FROM WEDNESDAY EVENINGS THUNDERSTORMS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO FOR THE LATEST 
INFORMATION.  FOR THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...
VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO AT WEATHER.GOV/PUEBLO.  
YOU CAN LINK DIRECTLY TO THE HYDROLOGY PAGE BY CLICKING ON RIVERS AND
LAKES UNDER THE HYDROLOGY SECTION OF THE LEFT HAND MENU BAR.

&&

COC011-131713-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FL.W.0001.120413T0513Z-120413T1732Z/
/LAPC2.1.ER.120413T0142Z.120413T0415Z.120413T0532Z.UU/
1113 PM MDT THU APR 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR LAS ANIMAS.
* UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING.
* AT 10:15 PM THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.3 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILLFALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  FRIDAY MORNING.
* IMPACT...AT 9.0 FEET...MINOR AGRICULTURAL FLOODING OCCURS INTO LOW 
  LYING AREAS ALONG THE RIVER.

$$

535 
WGUS85 KPUB 131021
FLSPUB
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
421 AM MDT FRI APR 13 2012

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

.THE WATER LEVEL IN THE PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR LAS ANIMAS...HAS FALLEN
BELOW FLOOD STAGE...AND THUS THE FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO FOR THE LATEST 
INFORMATION.  FOR THE LATEST HYDROLOGIC FORECASTS AND WARNINGS...
VISIT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO AT WEATHER.GOV/PUEBLO.  
YOU CAN LINK DIRECTLY TO THE HYDROLOGY PAGE BY CLICKING ON RIVERS AND
LAKES UNDER THE HYDROLOGY SECTION OF THE LEFT HAND MENU BAR.

&&

COC011-131051-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FL.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120413T1732Z/
/LAPC2.1.ER.120413T0142Z.120413T0500Z.120413T0547Z.UU/
421 AM MDT FRI APR 13 2012

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE PURGATOIRE RIVER NEAR LAS ANIMAS.
* AT  3:15 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 5.1 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE AT 11:47 PM THURSDAY.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO 5.9 FEET BY 
  MIDMORNING TOMORROW.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...MINOR OVERBANK FLOW OCCURS INTO LOW SPOTS IN
  THE MAIN RIVER CHANNEL.

$$

River Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every river flood warning in 2012

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.