Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2002, 7:10 PM MDT for Chaffee 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2002, 7:10 PM MDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2002, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Chaffee County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:10 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3702 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KPUB 230110 FFWPUB COC015-230400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 706 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 1000 PM MDT * AT 705 PM...REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING ON COTTONWOOD CREEK SOUTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA. 3 MUDSLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED AND THERE ARE UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF VEHICLES BEING WASHED INTO THE CREEK. * PEOPLE ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO STAY OFF ROADWAY 306 SOUTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA. THIS IS A DANGEROUS FLOODING SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT OR BY VEHICLE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN WATER ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND GO TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 3891 10603 3864 10601 3858 10629 3890 10630
5 follow-up statements
847 RWUS32 KPUB 230132 FFSPUB COC015-230400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 726 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR AREAS IN CHAFFEE COUNTY SOUTH AND WEST OF BUENA VISTA... CONFIRMED REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS INDICATE FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ARE OCCURRING ON BOTH CHALK CREEK AND COTTONWOOD CREEK. ROADWAYS BEING EFFECTED BY THIS DANGEROUS FLOODING ARE HIGHWAYS 306 AND 162. AS OF 728 PM...RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOW LOCATED SOUTH OF THE FLASH FLOOD REGION...MAINLY 5 TO 15 MILES SOUTH AND WEST OF NATHROP. 8 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED FROM THIS FLASH FLOOD. THERE ARE ALSO REPORTS OF PEOPLE MISSING DUE TO THIS FLASH FLOOD. ALL PEOPLE IN THE FLOOD AREA SHOULD GET TO HIGHER GROUND NOW ROADWAYS SOUTH AND WEST OF BUENA VISTA...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAYS 306 AND 162...ARE BEING AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. LAT...LON 3896 10617 3864 10601 3864 10650 3888 10631
557 RWUS32 KPUB 230204 FFSPUB COC015-230400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 800 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR CHAFFEE COUNTY SOUTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA... AT 750 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE FLASH FLOOD AREA. THIS FLASH FLOOD AREA IS AROUND MOUNT PRINCETON...WHICH IS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA. ROADWAYS AFFECTED BY THE FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES ARE COUNTY ROADS 306...ALSO KNOWN AS THE COTTONWOOD PASS ROADWAY...AND COUNTY ROAD 162. THE CHALK CLIFFS AREA ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF MOUNT PRINCETON IS WHERE THE MOST SIGNIFICANT FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED. ROADWAY 162 IS LOCATED IN THIS REGION. AT 755 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED 10 MILES WEST OF SALIDA...WHICH IS 20 MILES SOUTH-SOUTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA. THE RAIN IS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. AN EVACUATION CENTER HAS BEEN OPENED UP IN THE BUENA VISTA COMMUNITY CENTER FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS FLASH FLOOD EVENT. LAT...LON 3890 10607 3864 10601 3859 10636 3886 10638
861 RWUS32 KPUB 230233 FFSPUB COC015-230400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 820 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNT PRINCETON AREA IN CHAFFEE COUNTY... AT 821 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT STEADY RAIN WAS FALLING IN CHAFFEE COUNTY. BASED ON CURRENT WEATHER DATA...NO MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL IN CHAFFEE COUNTY THIS EVENING. NO NEW REPORTS OF FLOODING INFORMATION HAS BEEN RECEIVED AS OF 830 PM. RECAPPING...FLASH FLOODING AND ROCK SLIDES HAVE OCCURRED ALONG COUNTY ROADS 306 AND 162 IN CHAFFEE COUNTY AT THE BASE OF MOUNT PRINCETON. 8 INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED. THE RED DEER RAWS REMOTE FIRE WEATHER STATION...LOCATED IN CHAFFEE COUNTY JUST NORTH OF COTTONWOOD CREEK APPROXIMATELY 8 MILES WEST OF BUENA VISTA...MEASURED 1.15 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THIS STORM BETWEEN 600 PM AND 800 PM. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN LIKELY OCCURRED BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM. LAT...LON 3892 10607 3856 10596 3857 10640 3891 10643
861 RWUS32 KPUB 230312 FFSPUB COC015-230400- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 853 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE MOUNT PRINCETON AREA IN CHAFFEE COUNTY... AT 855 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES ONLY LIGHT STEADY RAIN FALLING IN CHAFFEE COUNTY IN THE REGION IN AND AROUND MOUNT PRINCETON. BASED ON CURRENTLY METEOROLOGICAL DATA...NO MORE HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT IN CHAFFEE COUNTY. LATEST REPORTS...AS OF 845 PM...FROM THE COUNTY SHERIFF INDICATE ONLY 2 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INJURED FROM THIS EVENT. IT WAS EARLIER REPORTED THAT 8 PEOPLE WERE INJURED. MAJOR MUDSLIDES HAVE OCCURRED ALONG ROADWAYS 306 AND 162 IN CHAFFEE COUNTY AT THE BASE OF MOUNT PRINCETON. A MUDSLIDE 15 TO 20 FEET DEEP...100 TO 200 YARDS WIDE HAS BURIED COUNTY ROAD 306. THIS MUDSLIDE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 6 MILES WEST OF BUENA VISTA. A SMALLER MUDSLIDE...4 FEET DEEP...HAS OCCURRED ALONG ROADWAY 162 APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUENA VISTA. ALTHOUGH NO HEAVY RAIN IS OCCURRING IN CHAFFEE COUNTY AS OF 855 PM...IT IS UNKNOWN IF RUNOFF CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING AT THIS TIME. FOR THIS REASON...THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM MDT. LAT...LON 3894 10593 3858 10600 3860 10644 3892 10634
717 RWUS32 KPUB 230358 FFSPUB COC015-230415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1000 PM MDT MON JUL 22 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE... MOUNT PRINCETON AREA IN CHAFFEE COUNTY... HAS EXPIRED... AT 955 PM...RADAR INDICATED NO RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN CHAFFEE COUNTY. NO HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED IN THE COUNTY SINCE 800 PM THIS EVENING. NO NEW REPORTS OF FLOODING OR MUDSLIDES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN PUEBLO. IN ADDITION...NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED OVER CHAFFEE COUNTY TONIGHT. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE MOUNT PRINCETON AREA IN CHAFFEE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3890 10602 3867 10607 3865 10649 3887 10637
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 54 min |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.