Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 9, 1997El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1997, 10:45 PM MDT for El Paso 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 9, 1997, 10:45 PM MDT (04:45 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1997, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Whole counties

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 160 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 1997-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 1997-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1270 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
24 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 100449 RRA
FFWPUB
COC041-100735-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1045 PM MDT MON JUN 9 1997

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

* UNTIL 200 AM MDT
 
* SOME RIVERS...CREEKS OR AREAS AFFECTED
  FOUNTAIN CREEK IN THE MANITOU SPRINGS AND OLD COLORADO CITY
  AREAS...AS WELL AS SOUTH CHEYENNE CREEK AND CHEYENNE CREEK.

* CAUSE AND EFFECT
  PERSISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL AND CONTINUED WATER RUNOFF FROM THE
  MOUNTAINS.

* FORECAST CONDITIONS
  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED UNTIL AT LEAST 100 AM...
  AND WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FEED INTO FOUNTAIN CREEK...SOUTH
  CHEYENNE CREEK AND CHEYENNE CREEK FROM THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER
  TODAY IN THE MOUNTAINS.

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 9, 7:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jun 10, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas60 min
Jun 10, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero45 min
Jun 10, 5:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBOtero32 min
Jun 10, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBent, Otero60 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.