Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Aug 5, 2016, 3:04 PM MDT for 15 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Aug 6, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2016, 3:04 PM MDT (21:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 6, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2016, 9:46 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 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, Lake 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), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1394 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
238 WGUS65 KPUB 052104 FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 304 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...MONSOON MOISTURE WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH FRIDAY... .THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN. AREAS MOST AT RISK WILL CONTINUE TO BE THE MOUNTAINS AND AREA BURN SCARS. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL RETURN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE I-25 CORRIDOR ADJACENT PLAINS. COZ058>068-072>082-060515- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160806T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 9000FT- 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE... GRANITE...ST ELMO...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK... CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK 304 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT * WIDESPREAD RAIN ON THURSDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL KEEP ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN AND HIGH VALLEY AREAS TODAY AND THIS EVENING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 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. && THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS... SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. * THE GROUND MAY ALREADY BE SATURATED FROM HEAVY RAINFALL THURSDAY OR FRIDAY...SO FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR QUICKLY. AREA BURN SCARS WILL BE AT RISK FOR EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND DEBRIS FLOW. ROCK SLIDES MAY OCCUR IN THE MOUNTAINS. 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. && $$ COZ084-085-087-088-060515- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0004.160805T2200Z-160806T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS... PETERSON AFB...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 304 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...HUERFANO COUNTY AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT * MONSOON MOISTURE WILL SPREAD ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING. URBAN AREAS AND LOCATIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE WILL ALSO BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING. 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. && THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... HUERFANO COUNTY AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. * URBAN AREAS...ESPECIALLY LOW LYING ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY DITCHES AND CREEKS WILL BE PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING. BURN SCARS WILL REACT QUICKLY TO HEAVY RAINFALL AND EXCESSIVE RUNOFF. 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. && $$ COZ083-060515- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANON CITY...PENROSE 304 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF CENTRAL COLORADO... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...FREMONT COUNTY. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY OVER THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. * URBAN AREAS AND BURN SCARS ARE MOST AT RISK FROM FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF ON BURN SCARS. LOW LYING ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND DITCHES COULD QUICKLY BECOME FAST FLOWING. 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. && $$ STARK
7 follow-up statements
764 WGUS65 KPUB 060339 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 939 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL RETURN SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING... .A FEW LOCATIONS OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRES AND THE SOUTHERN INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR WILL CONTINUE TO SEE A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING THROUGH MIDNIGHT...WHILE THE FLOOD THREAT HAS TEMPORARILY DIMINISHED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE AREA FOR THE NIGHT. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL RETURN TO MANY AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE I-25 CORRIDOR ADJACENT PLAINS. COZ058>068-072-073-076>082-084-085-061145- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160806T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 9000FT- 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE... GRANITE...ST ELMO...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK... COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB 939 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR TONIGHT IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * RAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL KEEP ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN AND HIGH VALLEY AREAS...WITH A RENEWED THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 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. && $$ COZ074-075-087-088-061145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160806T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON... SPANISH PEAKS...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 939 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HUERFANO COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT * WIDESPREAD RAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL KEEP ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN AND HIGH VALLEY AREAS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THIS EVENING AND AGAIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 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. && $$ COZ083-061145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANON CITY...PENROSE 939 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA... FREMONT COUNTY. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP SATURDAY OVER THE SOUTHEAST COLORADO MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS. ANY THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. * URBAN AREAS AND BURN SCARS ARE MOST AT RISK FROM FLASH FLOODING. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL RESULT IN EXCESSIVE RUNOFF ON BURN SCARS. LOW LYING ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND DITCHES COULD QUICKLY BECOME FAST FLOWING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
363 WGUS65 KPUB 060538 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1138 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL RETURN SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING... .THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL RETURN TO MANY AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS. COZ074-075-087-088-061345- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-160806T0600Z/ /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON... SPANISH PEAKS...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1138 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THIS EVENING IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...HUERFANO COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * WIDESPREAD RAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL KEEP ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN AND HIGH VALLEY AREAS SATURDAY WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 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. && $$ COZ058>068-072-073-076>085-061345- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 9000FT- 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE... GRANITE...ST ELMO...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK... COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE... TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST... COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB 1138 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. * FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH SATURDAY EVENING * RAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL KEEP ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN AND HIGH VALLEY AREAS...WITH A RENEWED THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 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. && $$
364 WGUS65 KPUB 061317 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 717 AM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL RETURN SATURDAY AND SATURDAY EVENING... .THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL RETURN TO MANY AREAS SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS. COZ058>068-072>085-087-088-062130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 9000FT- 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE... GRANITE...ST ELMO...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK... CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK... CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS... PETERSON AFB...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 717 AM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...HUERFANO COUNTY...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * RAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL KEEP ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN AND HIGH VALLEY AREAS...WITH A RENEWED THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 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. && $$
674 WGUS65 KPUB 061326 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 726 AM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL RETURN TO MANY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS. COZ058>068-072>085-087-088-062130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 9000FT- 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE... GRANITE...ST ELMO...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK... CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK... CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS... PETERSON AFB...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 726 AM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...HUERFANO COUNTY...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * RAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. MONSOON MOISTURE WILL KEEP ROUNDS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN AND HIGH VALLEY AREAS...WITH A RENEWED THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. 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. && $$ HODANISH
560 WGUS65 KPUB 061702 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1102 AM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND THIS EVENING... .THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL RETURN TO MANY AREAS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...AND STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT THE I-25 CORRIDOR AND ADJACENT PLAINS. COZ058>068-072>085-087-088-070115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0005.160806T1800Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 9000FT- 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE... GRANITE...ST ELMO...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK... CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK... CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS... PETERSON AFB...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 1102 AM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...HUERFANO COUNTY...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * RAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. MONSOON MOISTURE IS STILL OVER THE REGION WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL BRING A RENEWED THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE. 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. && $$
688 WGUS65 KPUB 070012 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 612 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING... .THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER MANY AREAS THIS EVENING...WHILE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO PLAINS. COZ058>068-072>085-087-088-070600- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 9000FT- 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE... GRANITE...ST ELMO...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK... CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK... CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS... PETERSON AFB...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 612 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...FREMONT COUNTY...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...MOSQUITO RANGE...TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...HUERFANO COUNTY...NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY AND WET MOUNTAINS. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT * RAIN ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY HAS SATURATED THE GROUND OVER MANY MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ADJACENT VALLEYS. MONSOON MOISTURE IS STILL OVER THE REGION WITH ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS WILL BRING A RENEWED THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * AREAS IN AROUND BURN SCARS WILL BE HIGHLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR MUD AND ASH FLOWS. ROCK SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AREAS OF STEEP TERRAIN. URBAN AREAS MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING DUE TO POOR DRAINAGE. 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. && $$
964 WGUS65 KPUB 070346 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 946 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED... .WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. COZ058>068-072>085-087-088-070500- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0005.000000T0000Z-160807T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 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 9000FT- 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- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...LEADVILLE...BONANZA...ALPINE... GRANITE...ST ELMO...SALIDA...BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS... NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS... WOLF CREEK PASS...LA VETA PASS...PONCHA PASS...BLANCA PEAK... CUCHARA...STONEWALL...WESTON...SPANISH PEAKS...COALDALE... COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE...HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK... SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE...RYE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK... CANON CITY...PENROSE...BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS... PETERSON AFB...WALSENBURG...TRINIDAD 946 PM MDT SAT AUG 6 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS THE POTENTIAL FOR WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED. $$
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 Aug 5, 2:58 PM MDT, 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 2:58 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Pueblo CO 258 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday) Issued at 256 PM MDT Fri Aug 5 2016 ...Flash flood threat continues this evening...with a repeat performance expected tomorrow with another round of thunderstorms... Monsoon plume currently extends across Colorado with precipitable waters running around 150% of normal. Disturbance currently across western CO will continue moving northeastward across the area this evening. Convection currently blossoming over southern parts of the area where skies have been less cloudy allowing for better instability. CAPEs off SPC meso analysis showing up to 1000 J/kg across southern portions of the area. Locations in the vicinity of the frontal boundary will be most at risk for a strong to severe thunderstorm this afternoon and evening...though shear may be a little on the weak side for much organized severe. Main threat this evening will be potential for flash flooding...particularly across the the mountains and burn scars. As the disturbance continues to lift northeastward...expect an uptick in showers and thunderstorms across the plains late this afternoon through this evening as a low level jet intensifies and overruns the surface boundary across northern New Mexico. Plenty of low level moisture advecting eastward into the southeast plains to the north of the boundary as well and several models suggest MCS will develop across the plains and lift northeastward overnight. Flash flooding will be possible across the plains as well...but think it will be more spotty in coverage...though Baca and Eastern Las Animas will be vulnerable given yesterday's rainfall. Expect a decreasing trend in convection overnight as MCS pulls away to the east. Precipitable waters start to decrease out west Saturday afternoon...but remains high across the southeast mountains and plains. So while focus for more widespread heavy rainfall will shift into the southeast mountains and plains...given the saturated ground over the mountains and more clearing/instability expected for Saturday...the potential for flash flooding will exist just about everywhere. Will issue another flash flood watch for the mountains and adjacent I-25 corridor. Later shifts may need to examine the potential for the watch to spread eastward across all or portions of the plains for Saturday evening depending on how much rain falls tonight. Chances tomorrow for more intense cells look higher given higher CAPE. Once again...can't rule out one or two strong to severe thunderstorms along and north of the front which is progged by models to lift northward into northern Las animas and Baca counties in the afternoon. Shears will be running around 30 kts or slightly higher...with CAPE values likely exceeding 1500-2000 J/kg along the Arkansas river by afternoon. For the flash flooding threat...burn scars and urban areas in and near the southeast mountains will be of particular concern for Saturday. -KT .LONG TERM...(Saturday night through Friday) Issued at 256 PM MDT Fri Aug 5 2016 Saturday Night-Sunday... With upper level high pressure center over TX, monsoon moisture will continue to stream into the area from the SW through Monday morning, before drier air begins to work into the area from the W and SW. Deep moisture and weak steering winds will keep the potential for flash flooding going through Sunday. However, with mid-upper levels drying out some, storms will likely not be as widespread as in days past. Moist upslope flow and SFC heating will lead to MLCAPE values running in the 1500-2000 J/KG range. Mid-upper level winds will increase just enough for 0-6 km bulk shear vectors to increase into the 30-35 knot range. A boundary setting up across the plains just north of the CO/NM border associated with a lee cyclone could serve as a forcing mechanism for afternoon convection. Thunderstorms moving across the plains will likely be on the stronger side and could become severe. The SPC day3 outlook has a marginal risk for severe storms from the I-25 corridor eastward. Storms will be capable of producing heavy rainfall, large hail, and strong winds up to 60 mph. Sunday night-Monday... With the monsoon tap weakening, shower and thunderstorm activity will be less widespread across the higher terrain Monday afternoon. Across the plains, deeper moisture is expected to remain in place with Td values in the mid to upper-50s. Once again, CAPEs will remain modest (1000-2000 J/Kg), but bulk shear values will decrease into the 15-20 knot range, limiting severe storm potential. However a few strong storms could pulse up and down, producing heavy rainfall and strong winds. Temperatures will rebound into the low to mid-90s across the plains as a lee side cyclone will promote deeper mixing and warmer temperatures. ~Lukinbeal Monday night-Tuesday night...Flow aloft continues to become more westerly and drys out through early next week, as an upper trough digs starts to dig across the Pacific Northwest. With that said, should be enough residual moisture to work with solar heating to support isolated to scattered diurnal storms each day, with the best coverage over and near the higher terrain. Temperatures to warm back to around or slightly above seasonal averages. Wednesday-Friday...Latest longer range models indicating Pac NW upper trough digging a tad further south across the Great Basin Wednesday which develops a bit stronger southwest flow across the region, before flow aloft becomes more westerly once again Thursday night and Friday, as the trough translates out across the Northern Rockies. The deeper southwest flow on Wednesday allows for a possible uptick in convection, as some more monsoonal moisture works into southern reaches of the area, along with possible severe weather across the far southeast plains with a developing dryline. Drier weather then remains on tap into the upcoming weekend, as upper level ridging builds across the Great Basin and into the Rockies. -MW && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday evening) Issued at 256 PM MDT Fri Aug 5 2016 Widespread MVFR with local IFR conditions will remain across the mountains associated with SHRA/TSRA through this evening. SHRA/TSRA will spread eastward during the late afternoon and evening into the KCOS and KPUB terminals with MVFR conditions expected under the stronger cells. Heavy rainfall will be the primary threat...but some small hail and gusty erratic winds could accompany stronger storms south of highway 50. Expect MVFR conditions with fog/low cigs to develop at KALS overnight as some clearing sets in. MVFR cigs and some patchy fog may develop for KCOS and KPUB later tonight as long as winds stay out of the southeast. CIGS will break Saturday morning with VFR conditions expected prior to another round of heavy rain producing thunderstorms possible for all 3 terminals. -KT && .PUB Watches/Warnings/Advisories... Flash Flood Watch until midnight MDT tonight for COZ058>068- 072>082. Flash Flood Watch from Saturday afternoon through Saturday evening for COZ058>068-072>085-087-088. Flash Flood Watch until midnight MDT tonight for COZ084-085-087- 088. && SHORT TERM...KT LONG TERM...MW AVIATION...KT
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 5, 11:34 AM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1134 AM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 COZ058>089-093>099-061745- 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 9000FT- 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 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S 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 VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- 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- 1134 AM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WILL OCCUR TODAY ACROSS ALL OF THE REGION. STORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY EARLY AFTERNOON AND WILL MOVE EAST TOWARDS THE PLAINS BY LATE AFTERNOON. THE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE ACROSS ALL OF THE PLAINS THIS EVENING THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE OF FLASH FLOODING WILL BE OVER BURN SCARS AND URBAN AREAS. ONE OR TWO OF THE STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO MARGINALLY SEVERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS 50 TO 60 MPH ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE WEEKEND. ABUNDANT MOIST LOW LEVEL UPSLOPE FLOW WILL COMBINE WITH DISTURBANCES ALOFT TO PRODUCE THE HEAVY RAINFALL AND THUNDERSTORMS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY, ESPECIALLY OVER AREA BURN SCARS AND LOCATIONS THAT SEE MULTIPLE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL. IN ADDITION, MODEST INSTABILITY WILL LEAD TO A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ON THE PLAINS BOTH SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LIGHTNING, GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH STRONGER STORMS. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BEGINNING MONDAY AND PERSISTING THROUGH THE WORK WEEK. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING, INITIATING OVER THE MOUNTAINS, BEFORE SPREADING EAST ACROSS THE PLAINS AND DISSIPATING DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY STRONGER STORMS OVER THE MOUNTAINS, ALONG WITH GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS AND LIGHTNING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. 31/23
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 5, 12:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1246 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 COZ069>073-087-051930- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT CO- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT CO- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY CO- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT CO- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT CO- 1246 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN ALAMOSA... SOUTHEASTERN SAGUACHE...NORTH CENTRAL COSTILLA AND WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM MDT... AT 1245 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF BLANCA...OR 13 MILES EAST OF ALAMOSA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RED WING...GREAT SAND DUNES AND BLANCA PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3742 10559 3754 10576 3789 10547 3771 10522 TIME...MOT...LOC 1845Z 219DEG 25KT 3754 10564 KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 12:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 44 min |
| Aug 5, 3:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 5:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
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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.