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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 17, 2021Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 2021, 7:28 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 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 17, 2021, 7:28 PM MDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2021, 10:30 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 264 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 55 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3294 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

474 
WGUS55 KPUB 180128
FFWPUB
COC071-180430-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0057.210718T0128Z-210718T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
728 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 1030 PM MDT.

* At 728 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  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...
  Thatcher.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3762 10411 3762 10399 3753 10400 3753 10409

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Rodriguez

1 follow-up statement

546 
WGUS75 KPUB 180220
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
820 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021

COC071-180430-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-210718T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Las Animas CO-
820 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT THIS 
EVENING FOR NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

At 820 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms produced heavy 
rain across the warned area, with between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
have fallen. Additional heavy rain is not expected at this time, 
though flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

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...
  Thatcher.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood 
deaths occur in vehicles.

&&

LAT...LON 3762 10411 3762 10399 3753 10400 3753 10409

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	27 min
Jul 17, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	27 min
Jul 17, 6:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	14 min
Jul 17, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	20 min
Jul 17, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	30 min
Jul 17, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	28 min
Jul 17, 6:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	40 min
Jul 17, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	31 min
Jul 17, 7:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 17, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	30 min
Jul 17, 7:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	18 min
Jul 17, 7:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	32 min
Jul 17, 8:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	22 min
Jul 17, 8:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	45 min
Jul 18, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	18 min
Jul 18, 1:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	69 min
Jul 18, 2:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	24 min
Jul 18, 2:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	75 min
Jul 18, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	32 min
Jul 18, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	21 min
Jul 18, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	16 min
Jul 18, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	10 min
Jul 18, 3:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		24 min
Jul 18, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	45 min
Jul 18, 3:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Prowers	46 min
Jul 18, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	15 min
Jul 18, 3:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	15 min
Jul 18, 3:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	52 min
Jul 18, 4:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca, Bent	35 min
Jul 18, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	60 min
Jul 18, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	30 min
Jul 18, 4:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	25 min
Jul 18, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	37 min
Jul 18, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso, Las Animas, Pueblo	43 min
Jul 18, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		32 min
Jul 18, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	19 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.