Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 6, 1997Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1997, 10:36 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero 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, 10:36 PM MDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1997, 1:35 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 200 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.

000 
TTAA00 KPUB 070437 RRA
FFWPUB
COC025-089-070735-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1036 PM MDT FRI JUN 6 1997

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
  CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO
  OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO

* UNTIL 135 AM MDT
 
* SOME RIVERS...CREEKS OR AREAS AFFECTED
  LA JUNTA
  ROCKY FORD
  SWINK
  ORDWAY
  FOWLER
  ARKANSAS RIVER BETWEEN FOWLER AND LA JUNTA

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO FORM OVER
  THE LA JUNTA AREA PRODUCING RAINFALL AT A RATE OF AN INCH AN HOUR.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THROUGH 1 AM OVER OTERO COUNTY
  WILL CAUSE WIDESPREAD FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 50
  BETWEEN FOWLER AND LA JUNTA.

LEAVE FLOOD PRONE OR LOW LYING AREAS IMMEDIATELY.

KT

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, 8:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller3 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.