Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2002, 4:38 PM MDT for Teller 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 4, 2002, 4:38 PM MDT (22:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2002, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 400 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 1 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 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 042238 FFWPUB COC119-050130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 436 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 730 PM MDT * DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS RAINFALL RATES OF NEARLY ONE INCH PER HOUR OVER THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM CAUSING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * RAPID RISES IN DRAINAGE BASINS ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE HAYMAN BURN WILL BE LIKELY...WHICH WILL CAUSE MUD AND ASH FLOWS WHICH WILL MOVE OVER RURAL ROADS. HAIL WAS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THE THUNDERSTORM BUT WAS LIKELY UNDER 3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER. 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 3912 10511 3904 10520 3898 10532 3912 10532
4 follow-up statements
271 RWUS32 KPUB 042303 FFSPUB COC119-050130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 502 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF OVER ONE INCH ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE HAYMAN BURN AREA. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THE TURKEY CREEK AND WEST CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES IN WATER LEVEL...AND ASH AND MUD FLOWS...WHICH WILL IMPACT FOREST ROADS. SHORTLY BEFORE 5 PM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED A REPORT OF FIRE CREWS HEADING FOR HIGHER GROUND NEAR SIGNAL BUTTE ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE HAYMAN BURN IN 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...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3912 10510 3905 10521 3899 10532 3913 10532
820 RWUS32 KPUB 042336 FFSPUB COC119-050130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 536 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN...AND SOME HAIL...IN SOME PARTS OF THE TURKEY CREEK AND WEST CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS NEARLY MOVED OUT OF TELLER COUNTY AS OF 530 PM. THE TURKEY CREEK AND WEST CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS WILL EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES OF FAST FLOWING WATER...AND ASH AND MUD FLOWS WHICH WILL IMPACT FIRE CREWS AND FOREST ROADS. 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...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3912 10511 3906 10519 3899 10532 3913 10532
433 RWUS32 KPUB 050011 FFSPUB COC119-050130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 610 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT ONLY LIGHT RAIN REMAINS OVER EXTREME NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY WEST OF CEDAR AND HACKETT MOUNTAINS AT 610 PM. EARLIER...RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF OVER ONE INCH WERE SEEN OVER TURKEY AND WEST CREEK DRAINAGE BASINS ON THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE BURN AREA. THE TURKEY CREEK AND WEST CREEK DRAINAGE BASIS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE DROPPING WAER LEVELS THROUGH 7 PM. ASH AND MUD FLOWS HAVE LIKELY OCCURRED IN THAT AREA WHICH WILL IMPACT FIRE CREWS AND FOREST ROADS. 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...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3912 10512 3903 10511 3898 10531 3912 10532
582 RWUS32 KPUB 050102 FFSPUB COC119-050115- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 701 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT NO RAIN WAS FALLING OVER TELLER COUNTY AT 659 PM. FLOODING WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING IN THE TURKEY CREEK AND WEST CREEK DRAINAGE BASIS HAS LIKELY ENDED. NO FURTHER HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 3912 10512 3903 10511 3898 10531 3912 10532
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.