1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Pueblo, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 21, 8:10 AM MST, 5 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 910 AM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006 .UPDATE... UPDATED FIRST COUPLE OF PERIODS TO REFLECT SLIGHTLY LOWER POPS. MAIN FORCING FOR PRECIP HAS MOVED SOUTH OVER THE RATON AND SOUTHERN SANGRES. SOME REDEVELOPMENT IS EXPECTED THERE THIS AFTERNOON. ELSEWHERE...TSTORM COVERAGE/INTENSITY WILL BE LIMITED BY STABILIZED CONDITIONS THIS MORN...AS LAPSE RATES FALL IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. WILL KEEP ISOLD COVERAGE OVER MTS AND ADJACENT PLAINS AS THERE IS PLENTY OF LLVL MOISTURE AND CLOUD DECK HAS BROKEN UP A BIT...ALLOWING FOR SOME SFCE HEATING. ROSE && .PREV DISCUSSION... (ISSUED 341 AM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006) SHORT TERM... (TODAY AND TONIGHT) MAIN CONCERN FOR THE SHORT TERM IS THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE AND PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS. TODAY...LARGE MCS ACROSS NEBRASKA AND NORTHERN KANSAS WITH TRAILING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY STRETCHING INTO SOUTHEAST COLORADO. HARD TO TELL IN SURFACE DATA WHERE THE ACTUAL FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS LOCATED BUT EXPECT IT TO PUSH THROUGH THE EASTERN COLORADO PLAINS BY MIDDAY. GOOD NORTHERLY SURGE BEHIND THIS BOUNDARY WILL TURN WINDS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST. THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER HIGH TERRAIN IN AFTERNOON WILL MOVE FROM NORTH TO SOUTH. THIS WOULD PUT THE BEST COVERAGE OVER THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. NAM12 PROGS THE PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES TO REMAIN ABOVE ONE INCH OVER EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS SO MOISTURE SUFFICIENT FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE. NOT LOOKING FOR MUCH ACTIVITY AWAY FROM THE I-25 CORRIDOR. HEAVIEST RAIN THURSDAY EVENING WAS OVER PIKES PEAK REGION BUT WITH THE NORTHERLY FLOW ALOFT THAT SHOULD SHIFT TO THE SOUTHERN SANGRES THIS EVENING. EASTERLY WIND FLOW SURFACE TO 700 MB SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE THE THUNDERSTORMS BUT THE LACK OF UPPER DYNAMICS WILL KEEP COVERAGE DOWN. STAYED WITH CURRENT GRIDS FOR TEMPERATURES AND DEWPOINTS WITH ONLY SOME MINOR TWEAKING. TONIGHT...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE REGION. -WFF- LONG TERM... ANOTHER RELATIVELY COOL DAY FOR SATURDAY...WITH TEMPS STAYING AT OR SLIGHTLY BELOW CLIMO. ALTHOUGH ATMOS DRIES OUT SOME BEHIND DEPARTING SYSTEM...THERE WILL STILL ENOUGH RESIDUAL MOISTURE TO WARRANT SOME ISOLATED POPS OVER THE MOUNTAINS. ATMOS LOOKS TOO STABLE ON THE PLAINS FOR THUNDERSTORMS...AND WITH NORTH NORTHEAST MID LVL FLOW...THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD HAVE A DIFFICULT TIME PROPAGATING EASTWARD OFF THE MOUNTAINS. GOING POP GRIDS LOOK PRETTY GOOD. ONLY CHANGE WAS TO WARM UP MAX TEMPS A DEGREE OR TWO AS LATEST MODEL GUIDANCE HAS COME IN SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS. UPPER RIDGE BEGINS TO SHIFT BACK EASTWARD FOR SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY...WHICH SHOULD CAUSE TEMPS TO HEAT BACK UP TOWARDS MID WEEK. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE APPEARS TO INCREASE TOWARDS THE MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK AS MOISTURE RECIRCULATING AROUND THE WRN US UPPER HIGH BEGINS TO AFFECT THE REGION. MAIN CHANGE WAS TO BUMP UP MAX TEMPS ACROSS THE EAST...AND TO INCREASE POPS ACROSS THE WEST MONDAY INTO TUES. UPPER FLOW BEGINS TO FLATTEN FOR WED...ALLOWING SHORTWAVE ENERGY TO DROP SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE NRN US ROCKIES AND INTO THE PLAINS WED NIGHT/THURS. LATEST GFS LOOKS STRONGER WITH THIS FEATURE THAN IN PREVIOUS RUNS. ECMWF ADVERTISES A SIMILAR SCENARIO...THOUGH THE SHORTWAVE APPEARS LESS AMPLIFIED THAN GFS. THIS SHOULD LEAD TO COOLER TEMPS BY THURSDAY WITH ANOTHER UPSWING IN PRECIPITATION CHANCES AS THE SHORTWAVE DRIVES ANOTHER FRONT THROUGH SE COLORADO. -KT PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 44/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 652 AM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006 COZ058>089-093>099-221300- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- 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- 652 AM MDT FRI JUL 21 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING ESPECIALLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND NEARBY PLAINS. STORMS WILL MOVE SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AND MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH. THE STORMS WILL ALSO PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EACH DAY ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOST WIDESPREAD OVER THE MOUNTAINS. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH...ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ON THURSDAY AS ANOTHER COLD FRONT MOVES ACROSS THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON AND 10 PM MDT THIS EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR.
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:35 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Approximately 2 to 3 inches of rain in one hour caused flooding of roads and other low spots in and around Pueblo West.
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