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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 3, 1995Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 3, 1995, 4:47 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 1995, 4:47 PM MDT (22:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 1995, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Whole counties

County Pueblo County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 219 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 78 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1004 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 68 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 032249
FFWPUB
COC101-040145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
447 PM MDT SAT JUN 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
 
   ...PUEBLO COUNTY
 
INCLUDING THE CITY OF PUEBLO
 
RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE
CITY OF PUEBLO HAVE RANGED FROM 2 TO 2 1/2 INCHES IN ABOUT ONE HOUR.
THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS RESULTED IN FAIRLY WIDESPREAD STREET FLOODING AROUND
THE CITY. REPORTS OF BASEMENT FLOODING AROUND PUEBLO HAVE BEGUN COMING
INTO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PUEBLO FROM AMATEUR RADIO
OPERATORS.
 
THUNDERSTORMS...STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME CONTINUE TO MOVE SLOWLY OVER THE AREA AROUND 10 MPH. FURTHER
URBAN AND STREAM FLOODING SHOULD BE EXPECTED.
 
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER MAY BE TOO DEEP TO ALLOW YOUR VEHICLE TO
CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE
ABANDONED QUICKLY. GO TO HIGHER GROUND.
 
GTR/GRAY
 
 
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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 2, 6:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	57 min
Jun 2, 6:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	64 min
Jun 2, 7:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Otero	61 min
Jun 2, 8:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	37 min
Jun 2, 8:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	55 min
Jun 2, 9:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	60 min
Jun 2, 9:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	5 hr
Jun 3, 1:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano	59 min
Jun 3, 2:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Otero	59 min
Jun 3, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	45 min
Jun 3, 3:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	69 min
Jun 3, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	57 min
Jun 3, 4:32 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Otero	58 min
Jun 3, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	62 min
Jun 3, 4:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Pueblo	58 min
Jun 3, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	54 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.