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Flood Watch 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 8, 20196 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flood watch at Jun 8, 2019, 7:49 AM MDT for 6 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 12 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2019, 7:49 AM MDT (13:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2019, 2:50 PM MDT
In force: 12 days
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity: None

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Conejos County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:50 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 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 flood watch went out at Jun 8, 4:42 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 4:42 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 5:38 AM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 2:21 AM MDT, 5 hours 28 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 8, 12:55 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Mineral	60 hr
Jun 8, 1:25 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Mineral, Rio Grande	60 hr
Jun 8, 1:50 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	Mineral	24 hr
Jun 8, 7:53 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Rio Grande	72 hr
Jun 8, 7:55 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	Conejos	60 hr
Jun 8, 2:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache	48 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Colorado, 2019 Every flood watch in 2019

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.