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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 24, 20229 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 24, 2022, 2:37 AM MDT for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 24, 2022, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 13 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 2022, 2:37 AM MDT (08:37 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 24, 2022, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
Jul 25, 2022, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
13 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity
None

Counties Alamosa County, CO, Chaffee County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Saguache County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:37 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 00:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 306 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-24Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Grand Junction, CO at 00:00Z on 2022-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 23, 11:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 11:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 23, 11:22 AM MDT, 15 hours 15 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1122 AM MDT Sat Jul 23 2022

COZ058>089-093>099-241730-
Western Mosquito Range/East Lake County Above 11000 Feet-
Leadville Vicinity/Lake County Below 11000 Feet-
Eastern Sawatch Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Western Chaffee County Between 9000 and 11000 Feet-
Central Chaffee County Below 9000 Feet-
Western Mosquito Range/East Chaffee County Above 9000 Feet-
Saguache County West of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
Saguache County East of Continental Divide Below 10000 Feet-
La Garita Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Upper Rio Grande Valley/Eastern San Juan Mountains Below
10000 Feet-Eastern San Juan Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Del Norte Vicinity/Northern San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Alamosa  Vicinity/Central San Luis Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Southern San Luis Valley-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 8500 And 11000 Feet-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Between 7500 and 11000 Feet-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains Above 11000 Feet-
Northwestern Fremont County Above 8500 Feet-
Western/Central Fremont County Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountain Valley Below 8500 Feet-
Wet Mountains between 6300 and 10000 Feet-
Wet Mountains Above 10000 Feet-
Teller County/Rampart Range Above 7500 Feet/Pikes Peak Between
7500 And 11000 Feet-Pikes Peak Above 11000 Feet-
Canon City Vicinity/Eastern Fremont County-
Northern El Paso County/Monument Ridge/Rampart Range Below
7500 Feet-
Colorado Springs Vicinity/Southern El Paso County/Rampart Range
Below 7400 Feet-Pueblo Vicinity/Pueblo County Below 6300 Feet-
Walsenburg Vicinity/Upper Huerfano River Basin Below 7500 Feet-
Trinidad Vicinity/Western Las Animas County Below 7500 Feet-
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-
1122 AM MDT Sat Jul 23 2022

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of central...east
central...south central and southeast Colorado.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms will develop over
the higher terrain this afternoon, with the best coverage along
the Continental Divide. Storms will spread east across the
immediate adjacent plains this afternoon and evening, with a few
storms expected across the far southeast plains behind a passing
cold front. The main storm threats will be lightning and gusty
winds up to 50 mph, with locally heavy rainfall and small hail
possible with the strongest storms.

Before the storms develop, unseasonably warm temperatures are
expected across the area, with record high temperatures possible,
especially across the southeast plains. Take precautions to
prepare for the heat by staying hydrated, wearing light weight and
light colored clothing, and limiting time outdoors, if possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Numerous showers and thunderstorms will be possible on Sunday with
thunderstorms developing by late morning across the mountains and
spreading into the southeast plains during the afternoon and
evening. The main risk with thunderstorms will be heavy rainfall
capable of producing flash flooding along with dangerous cloud to
ground lightning. A strong storm or two will be possible across
northern portions of the southeast plains with hail to near 1
inch in diameter and wind gusts up to 60 mph.

The unsettled pattern will continue through much of next week with
scattered to numerous showers and thunderstorms each day,
especially for the mountains. The risk for flash flooding will be
elevated each day, especially for the burn scars, and a embedded strong
storm or two will be possible at times.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather conditions that meet reporting criteria for spotters will
be possible over portions of the region.

88/88

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa27 min
Jul 23, 6:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent28 min
Jul 23, 6:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers23 min
Jul 23, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBProwers33 min
Jul 23, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBKiowa, Prowers21 min
Jul 23, 7:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBProwers3 hr
Jul 23, 8:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent29 min
Jul 23, 8:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBProwers23 min
Jul 24, 2:47 AM MDTFlood WatchPUBBent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers and 1 more21 hr
Jul 24, 1:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster26 min
Jul 24, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster25 min
Jul 24, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster, Fremont27 min
Jul 24, 3:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont23 min
Jul 24, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas26 min
Jul 24, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano24 min
Jul 24, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo40 min
Jul 24, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBPueblo58 min
Jul 24, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas27 min
Jul 24, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller24 min
Jul 24, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller30 min
Jul 24, 5:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatPUBPueblo55 min
Jul 24, 5:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Jul 24, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero40 min
Jul 24, 5:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso84 min
Jul 24, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley35 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.