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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 22, 2021Fremont County, Saguache County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2021, 4:29 PM MDT for Fremont County, Saguache 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 22, 2021, 4:29 PM MDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties Fremont County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:30 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 245 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2021-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1949 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

632 
WGUS55 KPUB 222229
FFWPUB
COC043-109-230130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0064.210722T2229Z-210723T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
429 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Fremont County in central Colorado...
  North Central Saguache County in central Colorado...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 429 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 2.75 to 3.75 inches in 
  1 hour. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Villa Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 10585 3825 10581 3822 10581 3820 10589
      3824 10600 3827 10605 3833 10598

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL...2.75-3.75 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

KS
2 follow-up statements
215 
WGUS75 KPUB 222325
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
525 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

COC043-109-230130-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210723T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fremont CO-Saguache CO-
525 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THIS 
EVENING FOR SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT AND NORTH CENTRAL SAGUACHE 
COUNTIES...

At 525 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 inches of rain have 
fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 0.25 to 0.5 inches in 1 hour. 
Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Villa Grove.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3830 10585 3825 10581 3822 10581 3820 10589
      3824 10600 3827 10605 3833 10598

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL...0.25-0.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

KS
783 
WGUS75 KPUB 230124
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
724 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

COC043-109-230134-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210723T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fremont CO-Saguache CO-
724 PM MDT Thu Jul 22 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SOUTHWESTERN FREMONT AND NORTH CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTIES...

Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no 
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining 
road closures.

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1200 AM MDT for portions 
of central Colorado and south central Colorado.

LAT...LON 3830 10585 3825 10581 3822 10581 3820 10589
      3824 10600 3827 10605 3833 10598

$$

KT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 6:19 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 21, 6:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos39 min
Jul 21, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla46 min
Jul 21, 7:00 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Jul 22, 2:42 AM MDTFlood WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache6 min
Jul 22, 2:54 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBChaffee, Conejos, Lake, Mineral, Rio Grande, Saguache18 hr
Jul 22, 1:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande62 min
Jul 22, 2:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache46 min
Jul 22, 3:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral60 min
Jul 22, 3:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCostilla3 hr
Jul 22, 3:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache54 min
Jul 22, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBSaguache35 min
Jul 22, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBSaguache19 min
Jul 22, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster46 min
Jul 22, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache32 min
Jul 22, 5:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
Jul 22, 5:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa39 min
Jul 22, 5:41 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBSaguache3 hr
Jul 22, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBAlamosa46 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.