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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 30, 1996Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 1996, 1:47 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 30, 1996, 1:47 PM MDT (19:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1996, 4:50 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 220 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1996-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Dodge City, at 12:00Z on 1996-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1327 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 301948
FFWPUB
COC099-302250-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
147 PM MDT TUE JUL 30 1996

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  WESTERN PROWERS COUNTY - SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 450 PM MDT
 
* SOME RIVERS...CREEKS OR AREAS AFFECTED
    CLAY CREEK DRAINAGE

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
    A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
    ANOTHER STORM WILL PASS OVER THE CLAY CREEK DRAINAGE
    PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL THROUGH 330 PM MDT

AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR LAMAR
AND VICINITY THROUGH 3 PM MDT.

A FOLLOW UP STATEMENT ON THE FLOODING WILL BE OUT SHORTLY.

LW
 
 
"

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent60 min
Jul 29, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca62 min
Jul 29, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca63 min
Jul 30, 2:06 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent49 min
Jul 30, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca60 min
Jul 30, 5:52 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBKiowa63 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.