Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Watches in 2022
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
- 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
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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 27 min |
| Jul 23, 6:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 28 min |
| Jul 23, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 23 min |
| Jul 23, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 21 min |
| Jul 23, 7:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 8:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 2:47 AM MDT | Flood Watch | PUB | Bent, Crowley, El Paso, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers and 1 more | 21 hr |
| Jul 24, 1:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 3:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 3:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 30 min |
| Jul 24, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 55 min |
| Jul 24, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 5:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 84 min |
| Jul 24, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 35 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.