Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 1997El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1997, 8:52 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller 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
Jun 6, 1997, 8:52 PM MDT (02:52 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1997, 11:55 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1997-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 165 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 1997-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
165 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1245 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 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.

886 
RWUS01 KPUB 070253 RRA
FFWPUB
COC041-119-070555-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
852 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 1997

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  EASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 1155 PM MDT
 
* SOME RIVERS...CREEKS OR AREAS AFFECTED
  CRYSTOLA
  CHIPITA PARK
  MANITOU SPRINGS
  WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS
  CASCADE
  GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  PERSISTANT SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  FLASH FLOODING OF FOUNTAIN CREEK AND ASSOCIATED DRAINAGES FROM
  WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS TO CRYSTOLA

LEAVE FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS IMMEDIATELY.

PE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:17 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Jun 6, 10:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCrowley, Otero3 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.