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Flash Flood Watch 15, NWS Pueblo, CO

September 8, 2014Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Sep 8, 2014, 10:39 AM MDT for Conejos County, Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado. It took effect at Sep 8, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 23 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 8, 2014, 10:39 AM MDT (16:39 UTC)
In effect from: Sep 8, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Sep 9, 2014, 11:10 AM MDT
In force: 23 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity: None

Counties Conejos County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 230 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:41 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 Sep 8, 5:15 AM MDT, 5 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 5:15 AM MDT, 5 hours 24 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
Sep 7, 7:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
Sep 8, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	85 min
Sep 8, 5:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	83 min

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.