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Areal Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 11, 2015Chaffee County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this areal flood warning at Jun 11, 2015, 2:49 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Colorado. It was in force for 72 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 11, 2015, 2:49 PM MDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2015, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
72 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Chaffee County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 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 areal flood warning 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 areal flood warning went out at Jun 11, 12:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 12:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 11:08 AM MDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 11, 11:27 AM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1127 AM MDT THU JUN 11 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1120 AM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 NE AIR FORCE ACADEMY  39.02N 104.82W
06/11/2015                   EL PASO            CO   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 2:44 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca, Prowers44 min
Jun 11, 11:04 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBChaffee24 hr
Jun 11, 11:22 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
Jun 11, 11:35 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 11, 12:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso52 min
Jun 11, 1:09 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBFremont5 days
Jun 11, 1:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jun 11, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Kiowa30 min
Jun 11, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso46 min
Jun 11, 2:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano50 min
Jun 11, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa34 min
Jun 11, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Jun 11, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo30 min
Jun 11, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa52 min
Jun 11, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo45 min
Jun 11, 3:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo43 min
Jun 11, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo52 min
Jun 11, 3:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jun 11, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo44 min
Jun 11, 3:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo28 min
Jun 11, 3:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers52 min
Jun 11, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo50 min
Jun 11, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso41 min
Jun 11, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont35 min
Jun 11, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo49 min
Jun 11, 4:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo47 min
Jun 11, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Kiowa, Prowers47 min
Jun 11, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca31 min
Jun 11, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero, Pueblo44 min
Jun 11, 4:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Otero, Pueblo51 min
Jun 11, 4:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont41 min
Jun 11, 4:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca35 min
Jun 11, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont31 min
Jun 11, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero26 min
Jun 11, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Pueblo21 min
Jun 11, 5:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller25 min
Jun 11, 5:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso34 min
Jun 11, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers46 min
Jun 11, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero45 min
Jun 11, 5:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso23 min
Jun 11, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca35 min
Jun 11, 5:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont, Pueblo28 min
Jun 11, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero39 min
Jun 11, 5:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 11, 5:48 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBLas Animas, Otero3 hr
Jun 11, 5:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca27 min
Jun 11, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBProwers24 min
Jun 11, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Las Animas, Otero51 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.