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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 19, 2023Baca County, Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2023, 7:24 PM MDT for Baca County, Bent County, Prowers 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 19, 2023, 7:24 PM MDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2023, 10:30 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 240 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: 1626 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -215 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1616 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -46 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 169 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -3.0

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The text

As transmitted.

600 
WGUS55 KPUB 200124
FFWPUB
COC009-011-099-200430-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0049.230720T0124Z-230720T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
724 PM MDT Wed Jul 19 2023

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southeastern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
  Southwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 1030 PM MDT.

* At 724 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are 
  possible in the warned area. 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...
  Two Buttes and Two Buttes Reservoir.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3766 10304 3773 10296 3780 10285 3762 10229
      3754 10213 3746 10206 3740 10223 3742 10231
      3747 10248 3758 10297 3764 10307

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Simcoe

1 follow-up statement

811 
WGUS75 KPUB 200420
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1020 PM MDT Wed Jul 19 2023

COC009-011-099-200430-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-230720T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Baca CO-Bent CO-Prowers CO-
1020 PM MDT Wed Jul 19 2023

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
NORTHERN BACA, SOUTHEASTERN BENT AND SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTIES...

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

LAT...LON 3766 10304 3773 10296 3780 10285 3762 10229
      3754 10213 3746 10206 3740 10223 3742 10231
      3747 10248 3758 10297 3764 10307

$$

Ehr

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 6:05 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	31 min
Jul 19, 6:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	28 min
Jul 19, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	36 min
Jul 19, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	46 min
Jul 19, 6:40 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas	3 hr
Jul 19, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	31 min
Jul 19, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
Jul 19, 8:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	37 min
Jul 19, 9:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	43 min
Jul 19, 9:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 19, 9:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	32 min
Jul 20, 2:45 AM MDT	Flood Watch	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more	23 hr
Jul 20, 1:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	27 min
Jul 20, 1:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	23 min
Jul 20, 1:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	33 min
Jul 20, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	33 min
Jul 20, 1:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	28 min
Jul 20, 1:58 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	12 min
Jul 20, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	27 min
Jul 20, 2:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 20, 2:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Saguache	25 min
Jul 20, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	36 min
Jul 20, 2:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	35 min
Jul 20, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	35 min
Jul 20, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	33 min
Jul 20, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Fremont	31 min
Jul 20, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	30 min
Jul 20, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	52 min
Jul 20, 3:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	28 min
Jul 20, 3:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	23 min
Jul 20, 3:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	24 min
Jul 20, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	34 min
Jul 20, 3:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 20, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	32 min
Jul 20, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 20, 3:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo	28 min
Jul 20, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jul 20, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jul 20, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	26 min
Jul 20, 4:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	23 min
Jul 20, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo	19 min
Jul 20, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	8 min
Jul 20, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Fremont, Pueblo	32 min
Jul 20, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	31 min
Jul 20, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	29 min
Jul 20, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	47 min
Jul 20, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jul 20, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	22 min
Jul 20, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont, Pueblo	32 min
Jul 20, 5:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	49 min
Jul 20, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	32 min
Jul 20, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	28 min
Jul 20, 5:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	27 min
Jul 20, 5:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Pueblo	25 min
Jul 20, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero	51 min
Jul 20, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	32 min
Jul 20, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	32 min
Jul 20, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley	31 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.