Previous heavy rain caused the Arkansas River and Purgatoire River to go above flood stage.
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Previous heavy rain caused the Arkansas River and Purgatoire River to go above flood stage.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 18, 2:22 AM MST, 6 hours 23 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 322 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 307 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 CURRENTLY... LINGERING LLVL MOISTURE OVER THE PLAINS IS ALLOWING FOR SOME LOW STRATUS IN PLACES OVER THE REGION. MOST OF THE LOW CIGS WERE NOTED OVER THE PALMER DVD AND RATON MESA REGION. OTHERWISE...MOST OTHER AREAS WERE CLEAR. TODAY... WE WILL SEE A SLIGHTLY BETTER CHANCE OF SOME SHOWERS MOVE OVER THE PLAINS TODAY AS COMPARED TO YDAY. WEAK SHORTWAVE IN THE 700 MB FLOW WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AND THIS WILL ALLOW A SFC CONVERGENCE LINE TO MOVE ACROSS THE PLAINS STARTING DURING THE MID AFTERNOON TIME PERIOD WITH THE TROUGH AXIS LYING FROM EADS TO KIM BY LATE AFTERNOON. WITH NW FLOW ALOFT AND SFC CONVERGENCE...AND REMNANT LLVL MOISTURE...THERE SHOULD BE ENOUGH LIFT FOR SHOWERS AND STORMS TO FORM ON THE PLAINS AND MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING THE MID AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING TIME PERIOD. MSTR IS NOT ALL THAT ABUNDANT...SO MOST RAIN WILL BE RELATIVELY BRIEF. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY RAIN OVER THE WALDO BURN SCAR WILL BE DURING THE 20-22Z TIME FRAME. ANY LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE ISSUES OVER THIS BURN SCAR. OVER THE MTNS TODAY...WE WILL SEE ISOLD TO SCTD SHOWERS AND TSTORMS MAINLY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING TIME PDS. TEMPS TODAY WILL BE WARMING UP ONCE AGAIN...WITH HIGHS MOSTLY AROUND 90 ON THE LOWER ELEVATIONS OF THE PLAINS...80 VALLEYS AND 60S AND 70S MTNS. TONIGHT... WE WILL SEE MAINLY ISOLD SHRA/TSRA OVER THE PLAINS THIS EVENING...WITH MOST IF NOT ALL OF THE ACTIVITY ENDING SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET. \/HODANISH .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 307 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 ...HEAT WAVE BEGINS THIS WEEKEND... LOOKS LIKE THE HOTTEST STRETCH OF THIS SUMMER WILL BEGIN ON SATURDAY AND LIKELY RUN THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. A STRONG HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BECOME ESTABLISHED OVER THE 4 CORNERS REGION...WITH H5 HEIGHTS REACHING NR 600 DM IN THE TUE-THU PERIOD. THAT STRETCH WILL LIKELY BE THE HOTTEST OF THE PERIOD...WITH 100 DEGREE OR GREATER HIGHS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ERN PLAINS. WILL CONTINUE TO STAY ON THE CONSERVATIVE SIDE WITH HIGH TEMPS...STICKING CLOSER TO THE EC MOS GUIDANCE RATHER THAN THE HOTTER GFS MOS NUMBERS...SINCE IT IS NOT CLEAR HOW MUCH THE RECENT HEAVY RAINS AND CONSEQUENTIAL INCREASED EVAPOTRANSPIRATION POTENTIAL WILL HAVE ON THE MAX TEMPS NEXT WEEK. NEVERTHELESS...IT SHOULD BE A SCORCHER WITH AT LEAST UPPER 90S FOR THE LOWLANDS THIS WEEKEND AND INTO NEXT WEEK. PRECIP WISE...THIS WEEKEND SHOULD STILL SEE SCT AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION DEVELOP AS THE MONSOONAL FLOW CONTINUES TO A DIMINISHED EXTENT OVER OUR AREA. THEN...DRY SWRLY FLOW RAMPS UP AS THE UPPER HIGH BUILDS EARLY NEXT WEEK...SO MON-WED SHOULD BE PRETTY DRY WITH JUST ISOLD MT CONVECTION. FIRST CHANCE FOR ANY RELIEF SHOULD COME LATE IN THE WEEK AS A SHORTWAVE MOVES THROUGH SRN CANADA...WHICH SHOULD BRING A FRONTAL PUSH ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES AND USHER IN SOME RELATIVELY COOLER AIR. ROSE && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 307 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 SOME PATCHY LOW CLOUDS WERE OVER THE KCOS AREA THIS MORNING. SOUNDING GUIDANCE SHOWS THESE LOW CLOUDS ARE VERY SHALLOW AND WILL LIKELY DISSIPATE PRIOR TO SUNRISE. OVERALL...EXPECT VFR CONDITIONS NEXT 24H AT ALL 3 TAF SITES...KPUB..KALS AND KCOS. WE WILL SEE ISOLD TSRA AT ALL 3 SITES DURING THE AFTERNOON TIME PD...WITH BEST CHANCE A KCOS. A WIND SHIFT WILL CROSS THE AREA DURING THE 20-22 Z TIME FRAME AT KCOS AND KPUB WITH WINDS SHIFTING TO A NW COMPONENT. GUSTY WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY NEARBY TSRA && .PUB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHORT TERM...HODANISH LONG TERM...ROSE AVIATION...HODANISH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 703 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 COZ058>089-093>099-191315- 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- 703 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM STORMS TODAY WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MAIN THREATS WILL BE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND LOCALLY STRONG WIND GUSTS. STORMS WILL BECOME LESS WIDESPREAD SUNDAY INTO NEXT WEEK AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVER THE AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. 34/44
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 645 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 COZ086-089-093-097-098-181415- PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT-CROWLEY COUNTY- LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING...PUEBLO...ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA... ROCKY FORD...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 645 AM MDT FRI JUL 18 2014 LOCALLY DENSE FOG WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR FROM PUEBLO TO THE KANSAS BORDER. VISIBILITY WILL BE DOWN TO 100 YARDS...OR LESS...AT TIMES. PLEASE ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO WHERE YOU ARE GOING THIS MORNING.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
3 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
The Arkansas River at La Junta went just above flood stage, causing minor agricultural flooding.
The Purgatoire River near Las Animas went above flood stage, causing minor agricultural flooding.
The Arkansas River at La Junta went above flood stage, causing minor agricultural flooding.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Colorado in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyWarnings in Colorado, July 2014
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 535687, 535692, 535689.