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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2002, 6:45 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 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, 6:45 PM MDT (00:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 28, 2002, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 233 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -169 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -126 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KPUB 290045
FFWPUB
COC011-099-290430-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
645 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 1030 PM MDT
* HEAVY RAIN HAS CONTINUED FALLING IN BENT AND PROWERS
COUNTIES...RESULTING IN FLOODING OF NUMEROUS CREEKS...STEAMS AND
ROADWAYS. HIGHWAY 287 IN PROWERS COUNTY HAS BEEN CLOSED SOUTH OF
LAMAR DUE TO FLOODING OF THE HIGHWAY. IT HAS BEEN REPORTED THAT
CLAY CREEK IN PROWERS COUNTY HAS GONE OUT OF ITS BANK.
* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE THROUGH
800 PM IN PORTIONS OF BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES...WITH WATER LEVELS
REMAINING HIGH WITH FLOODING CONDITIONS ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS AND
IN LOW LYING AREAS EXPECTED THROUGH 1030 PM.
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 3810 10210 3766 10215 3768 10317 3779 10327
3817 103253 follow-up statements
250 RWUS32 KPUB 290203 FFSPUB COC011-099-290430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 802 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BENT AND PROWERS... RAIN HAS ENDED OR DECREASED IN INTENSITY OVER BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES. HOWEVER WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN THIS EVENING...FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO BE A PROBLEM IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG NUMEROUS CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH 1030 PM. HIGHWAY 287 SOUTH OF LAMAR REMAINS CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. FLOODING IS ALSO A PROBLEM ALONG CLAY CREEK...MUD CREEK...AND CADDOA CREEK. 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 3813 10206 3765 10207 3767 10320 3818 10316
003 RWUS32 KPUB 290307 FFSPUB COC011-099-290430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 905 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES... PROLONGED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING HAS CAUSED FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND NUMEROUS CREEKS...STREAMS AND ROADWAYS IN PORTIONS OF BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES. HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN THESE AREAS TONIGHT...BUT FLOODING IS STILL A PROBLEM ESPECIALLY ALONG CLAY CREEK...AND HIGHWAY 287 IN PROWERS COUNTY. RISES IN THE ARKANSAS RIVER WILL OCCUR...BUT FLOODING OF THE RIVER IS NOT EXPECTED. WITH RAIN NO LONGER OCCURRING...WATER LEVELS SHOULD BE STARTING TO RECEDE. 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 3818 10211 3766 10209 3766 10317 3819 10316
976 RWUS32 KPUB 290431 FFSPUB COC011-099-290450- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1030 PM MDT WED AUG 28 2002 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR BENT AND PROWERS COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... WATER LEVELS IN CREEKS...STREAMS AND LOW LYING AREAS HAVE BEEN ON THE DECREASE AS RAIN HAS ENDED. WITH NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WITH WATER LEVELS RECEDING...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. IF YOU WILL BE DRIVING THROUGH BENT OR PROWERS COUNTIES TONIGHT...USE CAUTION AS FLOODING EARLIER TONIGHT MAY HAVE WASHED DEBRIS ONTO ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 3818 10208 3769 10209 3768 10325 3815 10328
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 59 min |
| Aug 29, 5:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 86 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.