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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 23, 2023Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this river flood warning at Jun 23, 2023, 1:34 AM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It took effect at Jun 23, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 69 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 23, 2023, 1:34 AM MDT (07:34 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 23, 2023, 12:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jun 26, 2023, 8:40 AM MDT
In force: 69 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Arkansas River at La Junta (LXHC2).

Action stage: 10 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07123000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning 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 river flood warning went out at Jun 22, 11:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 10:21 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:13 PM MDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
913 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0858 PM     Hail             2 N Yoder               38.87N 104.22W
06/22/2023  M2.00 inch       El Paso            CO   Public

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:56 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 9:57 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 10:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 10:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes 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 22, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Elbert	36 min
Jun 22, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	31 min
Jun 22, 6:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	81 min
Jun 22, 7:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jun 22, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	30 min
Jun 22, 7:49 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jun 22, 7:56 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	42 hr
Jun 22, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	63 min
Jun 22, 8:01 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	El Paso	29 min
Jun 22, 8:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	25 min
Jun 22, 8:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	26 min
Jun 22, 9:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	PUB	El Paso	32 min
Jun 23, 1:22 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Pueblo	21 days
Jun 23, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	27 min
Jun 23, 2:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	47 min
Jun 23, 3:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	52 min
Jun 23, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	28 min
Jun 23, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	40 min
Jun 23, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	52 min
Jun 23, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	38 min
Jun 23, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	32 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	51 min
Jun 23, 4:39 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Las Animas	24 min
Jun 23, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 min
Jun 23, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Las Animas	43 min
Jun 23, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	38 min
Jun 23, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	50 min
Jun 23, 5:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	24 min
Jun 23, 5:45 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Baca	30 min
Jun 23, 5:58 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	32 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.