Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 1988, 6:51 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 15, 1988, 6:51 PM MDT (00:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1988, 7:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2586 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS COLO 415 PM MST WED JUN 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF TELLER AND ALL OF EL-PASO COUNTIES... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...WEDNESDAY JUNE 15TH. LARGE HAIL..STRONG WINDS.. AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. AT 410 PM THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. REPORTS OF MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM WOODLAND PARK. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REACHED FROM SOUTHWEST OF TRINIDAD TO NORTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS COLO. ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY DROP AN INCH OR SO OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ROAD AND STREET FLOODING AND PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED. HAVILL
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
415 PM MDT WED JUN 15 1988
...NEAR PEA SIZE HAIL AND FLOODED ROADS ON PUEBLOS SOUTHSIDE...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WHICH MOVED ACROSS THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PARTS
OF PUEBLO COLORADO DROPPED NEAR PEA SIZE HAIL ON THE SOUTHSIDE OF TOWN.
VERY HEAVY RAINS ALSO FELL AND SOME OF THE ROADS ON THE SOUTH SIDE WERE
REPORTED TO BE FLOODED.
AT 410 PM MDT THE THUNDERSTORM THAT DRENCHED PARTS OF PUEBLO HAD
WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM PUEBLO.
AT THIS TIME HOWEVER MOTORISTS IN PUEBLO...PARTICULARLY THE SOUTH SIDE
OF PUEBLO SHOULD EXERCISE ADDED CAUTION WHILE OUT THIS EVENING.
WATER OVER THE ROAD SURFACES CAN QUICKLY STALL AN ENGINE. SLOW DRIVING
SPEEDS AND IF POSSIBLE SEEK ALTERNATE ROUTES UNTIL THE FLOODED ROADS
SUBSIDE.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS
OF SOUTHEAST COLRADO.
STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS
WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED.
GRAYSpecial weather statement, Jun 15, 4:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS COLO 435 PM MST WED JUN 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...WEDNESDAY JUNE 15TH. LARGE HAIL..STRONG WINDS.. AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. AT 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF INTENSE THUNDER- STORMS WAS JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF DENVER AND MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE SHOULD BE IN NORTHWEST ELBERT COUNTY BY 5PM. THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED NUMEROUS TORNDAOES IN THE DENVER METRO AREA. ...............BE ALART............... SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY DROP AN INCH OR SO OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ROAD AND STREET FLOODING AND POUNDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED. NOVAK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 4:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ..CORRECTION SPELLING... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS COLO 435 PM MST WED JUN 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR ALL OF ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...WEDNESDAY JUNE 15TH. LARGE HAIL..STRONG WINDS.. AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. AT 430 PM THIS AFTERNOON A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF INTENSE THUNDER- STORMS WAS JUST WEST OF THE CITY OF DENVER AND MOVING TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 10 MPH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE SHOULD BE IN NORTHWEST ELBERT COUNTY BY 5PM. THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED NUMEROUS TORNDAOES IN THE DENVER METRO AREA. ...............BE ALERT............... SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY DROP AN INCH OR SO OF RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR ROAD AND STREET FLOODING AND POUNDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS. FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS REQUIRED. NOVAK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 5:59 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE COLORADO SPRINGS COLO 600 PM MST WED JUN 15 1988 ...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING...WEDNESDAY JUNE 15TH. LARGE HAIL..STRONG WINDS.. AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. AT 550 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED ACROSS NORTH- WEST ELBERT COUNTY SOUTHWEST ACROSS DOUGLAS...NORTHWEST EL-PASO NORTHERN TELLER AND EXTENDED INTO PARK COUNTY. THIS LINE IS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS LINE SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS ELBERT... EL-PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES. THIS LINE OF THUND/ERSTORMS HAS PRODUCED SEVERE WEATHER.... NEXT UPDATE WILL BE ISSUED BY 730PM... NOVAK
Special weather statement, Jun 15, 6:09 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 610 PM MDT WED JUN 15 1988 ...THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE HAIL EASTERN BENT COUNTY... AT 605 PM MDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS IN EASTERN BENT COUNTY NEAR THE EASTERN END OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LAMAR. VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM...AND HAIL WAS POSSIBLE. AN ADDED THREAT WITH THIS STORM WAS THAT LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. PEOPLE IN EASTERN BENT COUNTY...AS WELL AS WESTERN PROWERS AND SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THIS STORM IN EASTERN BENT COUNTY. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS AND FISHERMEN NEAR JOHN MARTIN SHOULD GET OFF THE WATER QUICKLY. THUNDERSTORMS CAN QUICKLY AND WITHOUT ADVANCE WARNING CAPSIZE BOATS. LIGHTNING IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS NEAR THE WATER. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM THIS EVENING FOR PARTS; OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING BENT...PROWERS AND WESTERN KIOWA COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...TV OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS WHICH WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED. GRAY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 59 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.