Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 1986
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Goodland, KS
NWS Goodland, KS issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 1986, 1:09 AM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 111 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1986, 1:09 AM MDT (07:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1986, 3:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Goodland, KS
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 591 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KCOS 020709 FFWCOS COC041-020900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED/EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS CO 109 AM MDT SAT AUG 2 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN MANY AREAS AROUND AND IN THE TOWNS OF SECURITY..WIDEFIELD AND WESTERN AND NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS. JUST OVER AN INCH OF RAIN FELL WITHIN 15 MINUTES AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT AS WELL. IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA..GO TO A STURDY SHELTER AWAY FROM CREEK BEDS AND OTHER LOW AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING. REMEMBER... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OF OVER 60 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY RAINS THAT CAN QUICKLY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED. TAKE NECESSARYD PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Goodland, KS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 55 min |
| Aug 1, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 2:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 87 min |
| Aug 2, 1:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | El Paso | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Elbert | 44 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 1986Every flash flood warning in 1986
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.