Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2002, 7:58 PM MDT for Baca 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 5, 2002, 7:58 PM MDT (01:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2002, 11:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baca County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 236 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
- 1086 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1255 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 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 060158
FFWPUB
COC009-060500-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
758 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
* DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST
EAST OF HIGHWAY 287 385 BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND CAMPO IN THE SAND
ARROYO BASIN.
* THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER AREAS IN SOUTH CENTRAL
BACA COUNTY FROM THE CAMPO AREA INTO THE SAND ARROYO BASIN.
RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FAST FLOWING WATER ABOVE BANKFULL IN DRAINAGE
BASINS AND DEEP PONDING WATER ON COUNTY ROADS. SOME COUNTY ROADS
MAY BE WASHED OUT.
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 3732 10218 3699 10265 3712 10283 3730 10266
3743 102523 follow-up statements
000 RWUS32 KPUB 060246 FFSPUB COC009-060500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 846 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR BACA COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON HIGHWAY 287 385 BETWEEN CAMPO AND SPRINGFIELD...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAND ARROYO BASIN. THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE WEAKENED SOME SINCE 820 PM. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST BACA COUNTY IN THE COMANCHE GRASSLANDS AND AROUND SKULL AND WHITBY CANYONS...ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF STRONG STORMS. BACA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS REPORT HIGHWAY 287 385 WAS UNDER WATER IN PLACES BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 17. IN ADDITION...WATER WAS FLOODING COUNTY ROADS M AND Q A FEW MILES NORTH OF CAMPO. 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 3739 10232 3712 10246 3701 10281 3728 10266
000 RWUS32 KPUB 060402 FFSPUB COC009-060500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1000 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING FOR BACA COUNTY... DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO BETWEEN 5 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON HIGHWAY 287 385 BETWEEN CAMPO AND SPRINGFIELD...WHICH INCLUDES THE SAND ARROYO BASIN. THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE WEAKENED SOME SINCE 9 PM. DOPPLER RADAR ALSO ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST BACA COUNTY IN THE COMANCHE GRASSLANDS AND AROUND SKULL AND WHITBY CANYONS...ASSOCIATED WITH A LINE OF STRONG STORMS WHICH HAS BEEN WEAKENED SLIGHTLY SINCE 930 PM. BACA COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFFS REPORT HIGHWAY 287 385 WAS UNDER WATER IN PLACES BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 13 AND 17. IN ADDITION...WATER WAS FLOODING COUNTY ROADS M AND Q A FEW MILES NORTH OF CAMPO. 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 3738 10233 3700 10263 3699 10308 3725 10302
000 RWUS32 KPUB 060500 FFSPUB COC009-060530- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1100 PM MDT FRI JUL 5 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR BACA COUNTY HAS EXPIRED. LIGHT RAIN WAS STILL FALLING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY AT 11 PM. BACA COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES REPORT THAT WATER LEVELS HAVE DROPPED OFF CONSIDERABLY SINCE 1030 PM. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS MOVED SOUTH INTO NEW MEXICO AND OKLAHOMA. MOTORISTS ON COUNTY ROADS SHOULD BE AWARE THAT PONDING OF WATER WILL BE WIDESPREAD THROUGH THE REST OF THE NIGHT IN THE AREA BETWEEN SPRINGFIELD AND CAMPO...AND INTO THE COMANCHE GRASSLANDS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN PART OF THE COUNTY. LAT...LON 3739 10238 3704 10265 3700 10309 3729 10274
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 6:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 3 hr |
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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.