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Flood Watch 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 13, 2023El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flood watch at Jun 13, 2023, 3:21 AM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It took effect at Jun 13, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 13, 2023, 3:21 AM MDT (09:21 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 13, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 13, 2023, 6:43 PM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Flood severity: None

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jun 12, 3:20 PM MDT, 12 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 3:20 PM MDT, 12 hours 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 6:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	39 min
Jun 12, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	33 min
Jun 12, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	30 min
Jun 12, 10:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	18 min
Jun 13, 7:48 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	24 hr
Jun 13, 7:50 AM MDT	River Flood Watch	PUB	Otero	24 hr
Jun 13, 12:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	37 min
Jun 13, 12:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	32 min
Jun 13, 12:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jun 13, 12:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	38 min
Jun 13, 12:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	34 min
Jun 13, 1:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	27 min
Jun 13, 1:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	12 min
Jun 13, 1:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
Jun 13, 1:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	32 min
Jun 13, 1:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	27 min
Jun 13, 1:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	36 min
Jun 13, 1:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	34 min
Jun 13, 1:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	29 min
Jun 13, 2:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	36 min
Jun 13, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	31 min
Jun 13, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	33 min
Jun 13, 2:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	32 min
Jun 13, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	19 min
Jun 13, 2:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	26 min
Jun 13, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	33 min
Jun 13, 3:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Jun 13, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	33 min
Jun 13, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	25 min
Jun 13, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	32 min
Jun 13, 3:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	2 min
Jun 13, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	36 min
Jun 13, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa, Prowers	15 min
Jun 13, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa, Otero	62 min
Jun 13, 4:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	27 min
Jun 13, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	45 min
Jun 13, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 min
Jun 13, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	25 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.