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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2021, 7:08 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2021, 7:08 PM MDT (01:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2021, 9:28 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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 (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1238 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
915
WGUS55 KPUB 020108
FFWPUB
COC089-020415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0026.210702T0108Z-210702T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
708 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 1015 PM MDT.
* At 708 PM MDT, emergency management reported thunderstorms
producing heavy rain in Highway 350 was flooded between mile
markers 43 and 45. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly. This storm is heading towards Highway
50 between Manzanola and La junta, and flash flooding will be
possible in this area between 7:15 pm and 8:00 pm.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Emergency management reported.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
La Junta, North La Junta, Rocky Ford, Swink and Timpas.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3805 10386 3806 10342 3768 10381 3769 10402
3794 10400 3801 10391
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
Hodanish1 follow-up statement
410
WGUS75 KPUB 020328
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
928 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
COC089-020338-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-210702T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Otero CO-
928 PM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3805 10386 3806 10342 3768 10381 3769 10402
3794 10400 3801 10391
$$
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Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 42 min |
| Jul 1, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 6:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 37 min |
| Jul 1, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 44 min |
| Jul 1, 6:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 39 min |
| Jul 1, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 7:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 8:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont, Saguache | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 10:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 66 min |
| Jul 2, 12:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 44 min |
| Jul 2, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 43 min |
| Jul 2, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 34 min |
| Jul 2, 4:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 41 min |
| Jul 2, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla | 18 min |
| Jul 2, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| Jul 2, 5:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 97 min |
| Jul 2, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 23 min |
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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.