Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 18, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Oct 8, 2014, 9:05 PM MDT for 14 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Oct 9, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 8, 2014, 9:05 PM MDT (03:05 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 9, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Oct 9, 2014, 7:57 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:06 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
407 WGUS65 KPUB 090305 FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 905 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM NOON THURSDAY UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY... .TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. COZ072-074-077>079-081-083>088-091115- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.A.0018.141009T1800Z-141010T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE... WOODLAND PARK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 905 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EL PASO COUNTY...TELLER COUNTY...PIKES PEAK BELOW 10000 FEET...THE RAMPART RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FEET...THE WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY...HUERFANO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL INTERACT WITH A STRONG FALL COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. AREA BURN SCARS WILL BE ESPECIALLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE THREAT. * RAPID RUNOFF COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING COULD BE ESPECIALLY EXTREME IN AND AROUND AREA BURN SCARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
5 follow-up statements
509 WGUS65 KPUB 091058 FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 458 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WEST FOR BURN SCAR COMPLEX FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL .TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. COZ067-068-091900- /O.EXB.KPUB.FF.A.0018.141009T1800Z-141010T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 458 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL INTERACT WITH A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS. WHILE RAINFALL RATES WILL INITIALLY BE STEADY AND LIGHT THIS MORNING...ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THESE COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ON THE WEST FORK BURN SCAR COMPLEX. SNOW LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN ABOVE 12000 FEET. * RAPID RUNOFF COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREAMS...WITH MUD AND ASH FLOWS NEAR AREA BURN SCARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ COZ072-074-077>079-081-083>088-091900- /O.EXT.KPUB.FF.A.0018.141009T1800Z-141010T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE... WOODLAND PARK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 458 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...FREMONT COUNTY... NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...HUERFANO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL INTERACT WITH A STRONG FALL COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. WHILE RAINFALL RATES MAY BE STEADY AND SLOW ENOUGH TO MITIGATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT SOME...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING AREA BURN SCARS AND URBAN AREAS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THIS THREAT WILL BE THE HIGHEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RAPID RUNOFF COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING COULD BE ESPECIALLY EXTREME IN AND AROUND AREA BURN SCARS. IF PROLONGED RAINFALL OCCURS INTO TONIGHT...STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RUN HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
133 WGUS65 KPUB 091058 CCA FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 458 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WEST FOR BURN SCAR COMPLEX FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING... .TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. COZ067-068-091900- /O.EXB.KPUB.FF.A.0018.141009T1800Z-141010T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 458 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXPANDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL INTERACT WITH A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS. WHILE RAINFALL RATES WILL INITIALLY BE STEADY AND LIGHT THIS MORNING...ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THESE COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ON THE WEST FORK BURN SCAR COMPLEX. SNOW LEVELS THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL REMAIN ABOVE 12000 FEET. * RAPID RUNOFF COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREAMS...WITH MUD AND ASH FLOWS NEAR AREA BURN SCARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ COZ072-074-077>079-081-083>088-091900- /O.EXT.KPUB.FF.A.0018.141009T1800Z-141010T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE... WOODLAND PARK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 458 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...FREMONT COUNTY... NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...HUERFANO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL INTERACT WITH A STRONG FALL COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. WHILE RAINFALL RATES MAY BE STEADY AND SLOW ENOUGH TO MITIGATE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT SOME...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING AREA BURN SCARS AND URBAN AREAS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THIS THREAT WILL BE THE HIGHEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RAPID RUNOFF COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING COULD BE ESPECIALLY EXTREME IN AND AROUND AREA BURN SCARS. IF PROLONGED RAINFALL OCCURS INTO TONIGHT...STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RUN HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
553 WGUS65 KPUB 091904 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 104 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WEST FOR BURN SCAR COMPLEX FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING... .TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. COZ072-074-077>079-081-083>088-100315- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0018.000000T0000Z-141010T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE... WOODLAND PARK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 104 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...FREMONT COUNTY... NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...HUERFANO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL INTERACT WITH A STRONG FALL COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING AREA BURN SCARS AND URBAN AREAS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THIS THREAT WILL BE THE HIGHEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RAPID RUNOFF COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING COULD BE ESPECIALLY EXTREME IN AND AROUND AREA BURN SCARS. IF PROLONGED RAINFALL OCCURS INTO TONIGHT...STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RUN HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ COZ067-068-100200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0018.000000T0000Z-141010T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 104 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING * TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL INTERACT WITH A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THESE COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ON THE WEST FORK BURN SCAR COMPLEX. * RAPID RUNOFF COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREAMS...WITH MUD AND ASH FLOWS NEAR AREA BURN SCARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
812 WGUS65 KPUB 092029 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 229 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR FROM NOON TODAY UNTIL 9 AM FRIDAY... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WEST FOR BURN SCAR COMPLEX FROM NOON TODAY THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING... .TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL COMBINE WITH A STRONG COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS TO BRING THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR THURSDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY MORNING. COZ072-074-077>079-081-083>088-100430- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0018.000000T0000Z-141010T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE... WOODLAND PARK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 229 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...FREMONT COUNTY... NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...HUERFANO COUNTY...PUEBLO COUNTY AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING * TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL INTERACT WITH A STRONG FALL COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAKING AREA BURN SCARS AND URBAN AREAS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. THIS THREAT WILL BE THE HIGHEST THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING. * RAPID RUNOFF COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREAMS. FLASH FLOODING COULD BE ESPECIALLY EXTREME IN AND AROUND AREA BURN SCARS. IF PROLONGED RAINFALL OCCURS INTO TONIGHT...STREAMS AND CREEKS MAY RUN HIGH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ COZ067-068-100200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0018.000000T0000Z-141010T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 229 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING * TROPICAL MOISTURE FROM FORMER HURRICANE SIMON WILL INTERACT WITH A PACIFIC STORM SYSTEM TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD RAIN SHOWERS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING AND THESE COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ON THE WEST FORK BURN SCAR COMPLEX. * RAPID RUNOFF COULD CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF ROADS...DRAINAGE AREAS AND STREAMS...WITH MUD AND ASH FLOWS NEAR AREA BURN SCARS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
396 WGUS65 KPUB 100157 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 757 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND THE ADJACENT PLAINS ALONG THE I-25 CORRIDOR... .THE THREAT OF HEAVY CONVECTIVE RAINFALL RATES APPEARS OVER. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE BUT AT LIGHT TO MODERATE RATES NOT CONDUCIVE TO FLASH FLOODING. COZ072-074-077>079-081-083>088-100300- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0018.000000T0000Z-141010T1800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...CUCHARA... STONEWALL...WESTON...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD... SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE... WOODLAND PARK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS...PUEBLO...WALSENBURG... TRINIDAD 757 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF HEAVY CONVECTIVE RAINFALL RATES APPEARS OVER. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE BUT AT LIGHT TO MODERATE RATES NOT CONDUCIVE TO FLASH FLOODING. $$ COZ067-068-100300- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0018.000000T0000Z-141010T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS 757 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF HEAVY CONVECTIVE RAINFALL RATES APPEARS OVER. RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE BUT AT LIGHT TO MODERATE RATES NOT CONDUCIVE TO FLASH FLOODING. $$
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 Oct 8, 8:50 PM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 8, 8:50 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 850 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 833 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ZONES BELOW 10000 FEET. MODELS AND WPC GUIDANCE CONSISTENT ON WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON THE ORDER OF 1-2" OVER A 24 HOUR PERIOD BEGINNING AROUND 6 AM THURSDAY. THERE WILL BE CONVECTION WITH THIS EVENT THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY EVENING... BEFORE TRANSITIONING OVER TO A MORE STRATIFORM EVENT THE REMAINDER OF THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY. NOT SURE IF RAINFALL RATES WILL BE ENOUGH FOR FLASH FLOODING BUT NOT SURE THAT THEY WON'T EITHER. WITH A TROPICAL SYSTEM...THERE IS ALWAYS CONCERN. ADD THAT TO THE BURN SCAR AND URBAN RUNOFF CONCERNS...AND YOU HAVE FLASH FLOOD CONCERNS. CONSEQUENTLY...IT IS PRUDENT AT THIS TIME TO HOIST A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AND ALERT FOLKS TO THE POTENTIAL. ALSO...EXPANDED THE WINTER STORM WATCH TO INCLUDE THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS OF THE SAWATCH AND MOSQUITO RANGES IN CENTRAL COLORADO IN ADDITION TO THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO...WET AND PIKES PEAK MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONALLY...ADJUSTED THE WATCH TO START EARLIER...AT NOON THURSDAY...INSTEAD OF 3 PM. THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS SEEM TO BE IN THE BULLS-EYE FOR THE HEAVIEST PRECIPITATION...WITH THE HEAVIER STUFF STARTING UP AROUND NOON NOW INSTEAD OF LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. LW && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 241 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 ...RAIN IS ON THE WAY... RAIN IS ON THE WAY. THAT MUCH IS A GIVEN...WITH THE REMAINING CHALLENGES BEING WHEN AND WHERE THE HEAVIEST PRECIP WILL FALL. CURRENTLY...REMNANTS OF SIMON ARE MOVING THROUGH AZ. HEAVIEST CONVECTION IS E OF PHX...WITH SOME LIGHT PRECIP ALREADY MOVING INTO THE 4 CORNERS REGION. THIS WILL CONTINUE TO TRANSLATE TO THE NE OVERNIGHT...WITH WIDESPREAD PRECIP MOVING INTO THE AREA BY THU MORNING. IT SHOULD BE ANOTHER MILD NIGHT WITH EXTENSIVE CLOUDS. MAIN QUESTION TOMORROW IS THE TIMING OF THE MAIN BAND OF PRECIP. IT APPEARS LIKELY THAT THE HEAVIEST QPF WILL FALL OVER OUR CWA...SE CO...BUT TIMING IS STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN. THE 12Z NAM AND GFS BOTH HAVE WIDESPREAD PRECIP MOVING INTO THE I-25 CORRIDOR BY THE MORNING...WHILE BOTH THE ARW AND NMM WRF HOLD OFF THE HEAVIEST QPF UNTIL THU EVENING. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD ARRIVE EARLY...ALBEIT NOT STRONGLY...AND DEEP UPSLOPE SHOULD BE IN PLACE OVER THE PLAINS BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. EXTRAPOLATING SAT IMAGERY OF THE COLDEST CLOUD TOPS AND CONVECTION...LOOKS LIKE WE SHOULD SEE PRETTY GOOD COVERAGE BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HAVE RAISED POPS CONSIDERABLY TO THE LIKELY RANGE IN A SWATH FROM KALS TO KPUB BY THU AFTERNOON...BUT WILL LEAVE THE CATEGORICAL POPS TO THE LATER PERIODS. OTHER QUESTION IS HOW HEAVY TO EXPECT THE PRECIP...AND ATTENDANT FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL. CAPE AND LAPSE RATES DO NOT LOOK TERRIBLY HIGH TOMORROW...AND EXTENSIVE CLOUDS/PRECIP WILL LIMIT INSTABILITY. HEAVIEST CONVECTION WILL BE DYNAMICALLY FORCED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVING INTO OUR AREA. SO...NOT EXPECTING WIDESPREAD OR SVR STORMS...BUT THERE COULD BE SOME ISOLD HEAVIER CELLS EMBEDDED WITH THE WIDESPREAD...MORE STRATIFORM...PRECIP. UNFORTUNATELY IT LOOKS LIKE A HIT OR MISS SITUATION...AND AN UNLUCKY HIT COULD SPELL PROBLEMS FOR THE BURN SCARS. HOWEVER...IT DOES LOOK LIKE THE STRONGEST CONVECTION WILL BE SOUTH OF HGWY 50...WHICH WOULD SPARE WALDO CANYON BUT LEAVE OTHER SCARS SUCH AS E PEAK UNDER THE GUN. GIVEN THE EXPECTED EXTENSIVE PRECIP AND CLOUDS...EXPECT TEMPS TO BE HELD DOWN BELOW ADIABATIC MAXES TOMORROW. HAVE DROPPED HIGH TEMPS BY ABOUT 5 DEGREES TOMORROW FROM THE PREVIOUS FORECAST...AND EVEN THAT IS ABOVE THE MOS GUIDANCE FOR KPUB AND KCOS...SO LATER SHIFT WILL HAVE TO REEVALUATED WHAT COULD BE OPTIMISTIC HIGHS IN THE 60S TOMORROW. AGAIN...IT WILL BE A QUESTION OF HOW FAST THE WIDESPREAD PRECIP MOVES INTO THE PLAINS. TEMPS WILL BE FALLING ALOFT THROUGH THE DAY ON THU...AND BY 00Z FRI COULD SEE SOW LEVELS FALL TO AROUND 10K FT OR SO. A COUPLE INCHES ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR PIKES PEAK SUMMIT AND OTHER HIGH MOUNTAIN AREAS BY 00Z...BUT THE POTENTIALLY HEAVY MT SNOW WILL HOLD OFF UNTIL THU NIGHT. EVERYONE SHOULD BE WEATHER AWARE FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS AND KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON WHAT COULD BE A RAPIDLY EVOLVING FORECAST. ROSE .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 241 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 ...WIDESPREAD RAIN EXPECT THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY... THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH THE TIMING AND TRACK OF AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVING ACROSS THE AREA. EXPECT THE TROUGH TO BE CENTERED OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION THURSDAY EVENING AND WILL TRACK EASTWARD INTO EASTERN COLORADO BY FRIDAY MORNING. AT THE SURFACE...NORTHEASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL INCREASE THURSDAY EVENING...WHILE ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE REMNANTS OF TROPICAL STORM SIMON MOVES ACROSS THE REGION WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM. ALL THE INGREDIENTS ARE THERE...FOR WIDESPREAD RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO. LOCATIONS OVER THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS INTO THE I-25 CORRIDOR WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO SEE THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL THURSDAY NIGHT. AREA BURN SCARS COULD SEE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES OF RAINFALL...AND ANY FLASH FLOODING WILL DEPEND HIGHLY ON RAINFALL RATES. THERE COULD BE SOME CONVECTIVE ELEMENT THURSDAY EVENING WHICH COULD ENHANCE RAINFALL RATES...SO THIS WILL NEED TO BE MONITORED. LOW LYING AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD ALSO REMAIN ON ALERT FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING DUE TO THE RAINFALL. AS FOR SNOW...THIS STORM SYSTEM IS QUITE WARM DUE TO ITS TROPICAL NATURE. SNOW SHOULD GENERALLY REMAIN CONFINED TO THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS...AND WINTER STORM WATCHES HAVE BEEN POSTED FOR THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND WET MOUNTAIN RANGES...AND PIKES PEAK FOR ELEVATIONS OVER 11 KFT. ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE. MODELS IN AGREEMENT WITH THE UPPER SYSTEM LIFTING INTO KANSAS FRIDAY MORNING WITH MOST PRECIPITATION COMING TO AN END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY ON FRIDAY. SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY...EXPECT A QUIET DAY ON SATURDAY WITH BROAD NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ACROSS THE REGION. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WHILE THE REST OF THE AREA REMAINS DRY. TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALSO WARM INTO THE 60S ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY AFTERNOON...AFTER ONLY 50S ON FRIDAY. MODELS BEGIN TO DIVERGE ON SUNDAY WITH HOW THE NEXT UPPER SYSTEM WILL IMPACT THE AREA. BOTH THE GFS AND ECMWF HAVE REMAINED CONSISTENT WITH THEMSELVES...BUT REMAIN DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. THE ECMWF DROPS A STRONG TROUGH SOUTH OUT OF THE NORTHERN ROCKIES AND ACROSS COLORADO SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO MONDAY. THE ECMWF IS STRONGER WITH AN ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT...WITH MORE UPSLOPE FLOW AND GUSTY NORTH WINDS. THE GFS...WHICH HAS STARTED TO TREND MORE WITH THE ECMWF...CONTINUES TO BE MORE PROGRESSIVE WITH A SHORTWAVE SOUTH OUT OF MONTANA AND INTO THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THE GFS SOLUTIONS HAS BEEN DRIER...LESS WINDY AND COLD THAN THE ECMWF. FOR NOW...GIVEN THE RECENT GFS TREND TOWARDS THE ECMWF...STARTED TO RAMP UP POPS ACROSS THE AREA SUNDAY INTO MONDAY...AND TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BE COLDER THAN CURRENTLY FORECAST. THIS SYSTEM WILL NEED TO BE WATCHED CLOSELY. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...HIGH PRESSURE IS FORECAST TO BUILD OVER THE GREAT BASIN AND SHIFT EAST INTO THE ROCKIES THROUGH THIS PERIOD. THIS WOULD BRING DRIER CONDITIONS ALONG WITH WARMER TEMPERATURES INTO THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. MOZLEY && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON) ISSUED AT 241 PM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 AS MENTIONED IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...MAIN CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE THE EXPECTED WIDESPREAD MVFR-IFR CONDITIONS FOR THE THU THROUGH FRI PERIOD. TIMING IS STILL A BIT UNCERTAIN...BUT EXPECT DETERIORATING CONDITIONS THRU THU MORNING...WITH LOWER CIGS AND VIS FIRST AT KALS IN THE 12-18Z PERIOD...THEN SPREADING TO KCOS AND KPUB BY 18Z-00Z FRI. THE THU NIGHT INTO FRI MORNING PERIOD COULD SEE EXTENSIVE IFR AND POSSIBLY LIFR FOR THE KCOS AND KPUB TAF SITES. ROSE && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR COZ072-074-077>079-081-083>088. WINTER STORM WATCH FROM THURSDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FOR COZ058-060-063-073-075-080-082. && UPDATE...LW SHORT TERM...ROSE LONG TERM...MOZLEY AVIATION...ROSE
Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 8, 6:34 AM MDT, 14 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 634 AM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-091245- 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- 634 AM MDT WED OCT 8 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT AS MOISTURE FROM THE REMAINS OF HURRICANE SIMON MOVES INTO THE REGION. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE LOCALIZED CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL. ISOLATED SHOWERS WILL BEGIN TO SPREAD INTO THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS TOWARDS THURSDAY MORNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS IN COMBINATION WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANTICIPATED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS REMNANT MOISTURE FROM SIMON SPREADS INTO THE REGION. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AT TIMES WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY AS NORTHEASTERLY TO EASTERLY MOIST SURFACE FLOW INTERACTS WITH THE REMNANTS OF SIMON. LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO BE NOTED AT TIMES FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR AREA BURN SCARS. AN ADDITIONAL STORM THREAT DURING THIS TIME FRAME WILL BE HAZARDOUS LIGHTNING. ALSO...THE HIGHER PEAKS...ESPECIALLY ABOVE 10000 FEET COULD EXPERIENCE SEVERAL INCHES OF ACCUMULATING SNOW FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY. ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM FROM LATER SUNDAY INTO MONDAY MORNING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATING SNOW...PRIMARILY ABOVE 7000 FEET. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY AND TONIGHT.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 4:47 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 31 hr |
| Oct 9, 4:47 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Lake, Saguache | 31 hr |
| Oct 9, 9:48 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 27 min |
| Oct 9, 11:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 25 min |
| Oct 9, 12:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 12:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 1:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:20 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 13 hr |
| Oct 9, 2:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 3:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Mineral | 66 min |
| Oct 9, 4:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 29 min |
| Oct 9, 4:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Oct 9, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Mineral | 26 min |
| Oct 9, 5:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Mineral | 52 min |
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