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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 28, 2002Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2002, 1:50 PM MDT for Las Animas 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: Aug 28, 2002, 1:50 PM MDT (19:50 UTC)
Expired: Aug 28, 2002, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 304 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 832 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -195 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS55 KPUB 281950
FFWPUB
COC071-282245-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
147 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 148 PM...DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS  
  FALLEN JUST EAST OF THE SPANISH PEAKS. THE STORM IS STATIONARY.

* THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST...AND WILL AFFECT THE 
  APISHAPA RIVER BASIN. THE TOWN WHICH COULD BE AFFECTED BY FLASH 
  FLOODING IS GULNARE.

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. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY
MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS IN WATER
ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND GO TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 3751 10459 3725 10441 3718 10511 3728 10509
          3735 10494 3740 10471

3 follow-up statements

254 
RWUS32 KPUB 282021
FFSPUB
COC071-282245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
217 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR AREAS FROM THE SPANISH PEAKS TO AGUILAR...

DOPPLER RADAR AT 218 PM INDICATED A SEVERE STORM PRODUCING VERY 
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE TOWN OF GULNARE. RADAR SINCE 1 PM HAS INDICATED 
OVER 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THIS STORM.

THE STORM HAS BEGUN TO MOVE SLOWLY EAST AT 5 TO 8 MPH...AND WILL 
AFFECT COMMUNITIES ALONG THE APISHAPA RIVER BASIN.

RESIDENTS OF THE TOWNS OF GULNARE AND AGUILAR SHOULD REMAIN ALERT 
FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER.

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. AS
LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...
INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE
VEHICLE RELATED. 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 3747 10459 3727 10435 3722 10483 3734 10497
          3738 10471

776 
RWUS32 KPUB 282216
FFSPUB
COC071-282245-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
410 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR FOR AREAS FROM THE SPANISH PEAKS TO AGUILAR

NEW RAIN HAS BEGUN ACROSS AREAS FROM THE SPANISH PEAKS TO AGUILAR. 
HOWEVER...THIS AREA OF RAIN IS MOVING QUICKLY TO THE EAST. A TOTAL 
OF LESS THAN 1/2 OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS NEW AREA OF 
RAIN. 

ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED...AREAS ALONG THE 
APISHPA RIVER AND ASSOCIATED TRIBUTARIES FROM THE SPANISH PEAKS TO 
AGUILAR SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR HIGH WATER. 

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. AS
LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR
VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...
INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE
VEHICLE RELATED. 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 3757 10443 3719 10443 3719 10491 3736 10477

577 
RWUS32 KPUB 282247
FFSPUB
COC071-282345-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
442 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS FROM THE 
SPANISH PEAKS TO AGUILAR IN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING NORTHEAST OF AGUILAR...AND NO MORE RAIN IS 
ANTICIPATED IN AREAS WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN EARLIER TODAY. HIGH 
WATER ALONG THE APISHAPA RIVER WILL DECREASE DURING THE LATE 
AFTERNOON.

FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR 
AREAS FROM THE SPANISH PEAKS TO AGUILAR HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3749 10463 3726 10443 3728 10476 3734 10477

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 27, 10:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	61 min
Aug 28, 1:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	86 min
Aug 28, 1:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	2 hr
Aug 28, 3:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	60 min
Aug 28, 3:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Pueblo	2 hr
Aug 28, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Fremont	55 min
Aug 28, 3:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	3 hr
Aug 28, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	2 hr
Aug 28, 4:00 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	60 min
Aug 28, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	66 min
Aug 28, 4:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	61 min
Aug 28, 4:59 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Prowers	61 min
Aug 28, 5:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent	87 min
Aug 28, 5:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	64 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2002 Every 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.