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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 3, 2002Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2002, 2:42 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 108 min. 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 3, 2002, 2:42 PM MDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2002, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 108 min
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Teller County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 295 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -378 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2757 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KPUB 032042
FFWPUB
COC119-032230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
235 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* A THUNDERSTORM IS PASSING OVER THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA IN TELLER 
  COUNTY.  RAINFALL OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER IS LIKELY OVER THE BURN 
  AREA UNTIL 330 PM.  BECAUSE OF THE VERY POOR ABSORPTION OF 
  MOISTURE BY THE SOIL IN THE BURN AREA...VERY RAPID RISES IN CREEKS 
  AND STREAMS CAN OCCUR...EVEN WITH MODESTLY STRONG RAINFALL.  ASH 
  FLOWS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE IN THE BURN AREA.  ONCE AGAIN...THE FLASH
  FLOOD WARNING IS ONLY FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA...AND REGIONS VERY 
  CLOSE TO THE BURN AREA IN TELLER COUNTY. 

* AT 235 PM...A THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  LAKE GEORGE...AND IT WAS MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.  DRAINAGES IN THE 
  HAYMAN BURN AREA WILL BE PRONE TO VERY RAPID RISES.

IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK THROUGH WATER. YOU NEVER KNOW HOW
DEEP THE WATER REALLY IS. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM FROM DRAINAGE
DITCHES AND SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER.

LAT...LON 3913 10509 3912 10508 3897 10532 3912 10532

2 follow-up statements

000 
RWUS32 KPUB 032123
FFSPUB
COC119-032230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
320 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA OF TELLER COUNTY...

AT 320 PM...THE THUNDERSTORM THAT WAS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN OVER 
THE HAYMAN BURN AREA...NORTHEAST OF LAKE GEORGE HAS WEAKENED.  
DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 1/2 
INCH...BETWEEN 215 PM AND 315 PM...IN A REGION FROM ABOUT 6 MILES 
NORTH NORTHEAST OF LAKE GEORGE...TO ABOUT 6 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF 
LAKE GEORGE.

IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA...AND REGIONS VERY CLOSE TO THE BURN 
AREA...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER IN AN ONE HOUR PERIOD 
CAN CAUSE VERY RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS.  IN ADDITION...ASH 
FLOWS MAY OCCUR.  

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS DRIFTED NORTH AND HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY.  AS A 
RESULT...RAINFALL TOTALS IN THE NEXT HOUR MAY APPROACH 1/2 INCH OVER 
THE HAYMAN BURN AREA...IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY.

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...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.

LAT...LON 3913 10509 3909 10511 3899 10532 3912 10532

000 
RWUS32 KPUB 032205
FFSPUB
COC119-032230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
357 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA OF TELLER COUNTY...

AT 400 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAIN CONTINUED TO FORM OVER 
SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...JUST NORTH OF LAKE 
GEORGE. PUEBLO RADAR ESTIMATES PUT RAINFALL TOTALS IN THIS AREA OVER 
THE LAST 3 HOURS AT 1/2 TO ONE INCH. 

IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA...AND REGIONS VERY CLOSE TO THE BURN 
AREA...RAINFALL TOTALS OF 1/2 INCH OR GREATER IN AN ONE HOUR PERIOD 
CAN CAUSE VERY RAPID RISES IN CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS ASH 
FLOWS AND ROCKSLIDES.  

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...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS.

LAT...LON 3896 10530 3895 10520 3912 10503 3912 10531

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	66 min
Jul 2, 8:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	87 min
Jul 2, 10:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	55 min
Jul 3, 3:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Larimer	85 min
Jul 3, 4:48 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Teller	117 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.