Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2002, 7:32 PM MDT for Elbert County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2002, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2002, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Elbert County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 96 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KBOU 090132 FFWDEN COC039-090400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 732 PM MDT SUN SEP 8 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 1000 PM MDT * AT 732 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER AND AREAS FROM 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON IN EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY SINCE 545 PM MDT. LAT...LON 3918 10391 3901 10386 3904 10373 3928 10372 RJK
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS55 KBOU 090200 FFSDEN COC039-090400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 800 PM MDT SUN SEP 8 2002 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER IS CONTINUING A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM MDT... AT 800 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON. THE STORM WAS MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 6 TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER AN AREA FROM 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON IN EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY SINCE 545 PM MDT. A SPOTTER IN THE WARNING AREA AT THE JUNCTION OF ELBERT COUNTY ROADS 193 AND 86 ESTIMATED OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. LAT...LON 3918 10391 3901 10386 3904 10373 3928 10372 RJK
000 WGUS55 KBOU 090245 FFSDEN COC039-090400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 845 PM MDT SUN SEP 8 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY UNTIL 1000 PM MDT... AT 842 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY AND MAY PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER GROUND. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 7 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER AN AREA FROM 5 TO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON IN EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY SINCE 545 PM MDT. LAT...LON 3918 10391 3901 10386 3904 10373 3928 10372 KLEYLA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002
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.