Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 28, 2002, 3:50 PM MDT (21:50 UTC)

Expired

Aug 28, 2002, 6:45 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

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000 
WGUS55 KPUB 282150
FFWPUB
COC011-099-290045-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
  PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT

* A SLOW MOVING...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN 
OVER NORTHEAST BENT AND NORTHWEST PROWERS COUNTY.  RADAR ESTIMATES 
RAINFALL IN EXCESS OF 4 INCHES SINCE 200 PM.

* SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE VICINITY OF WILEY.  
THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS SLOWLY DRIFTING SOUTH AWAY FROM THE 
WILEY AREA.  PERSONS THROUGH NORTHEST BENT AND NORTHWEST PROWERS 
COUNTIES...SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR RAPID RISES IN CREEKS.  THE CORE 
OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OVER HIGHWAY 287 FROM WILEY AND 
NORTHWARD...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER HIGHWAY 287.

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 3822 10247 3798 10246 3798 10288 3824 10289

804 
RWUS32 KPUB 282246
FFSPUB
COC011-099-290045-

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

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
EVENING FOR BENT AND PROWERS COUNTY...

THE VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER NORTHEAST BENT AND 
NORTHWEST PROWERS COUNTIES...HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF LAMAR.  THERE ARE 
SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE REGION...BUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY 
RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS HIGH WATER...ALONG SOME OF THE CREEKS NORTH 
OF WILEY.  EVEN THOUGH MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...STREAMS 
AND CREEKS MAY CONTINUE TO RISE...AS THE WATER CONTINUES TO RUN OFF 
FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS.

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 AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER.
FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN
UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES
AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.

LAT...LON 3823 10262 3789 10260 3789 10294 3822 10295

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.