Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2002, 1:28 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 107 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 10, 2002, 1:28 PM MDT (19:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2002, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 107 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 1692 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1089 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 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 101928 FFWPUB COC119-102115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 128 PM MDT WED JUL 10 2002 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 315 PM MDT * AT 122 PM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR IS INDICATING HEAVY RAIN OCCURRING OVER THE HAYMAN FIRE WEATHER AREA IN TELLER COUNTY. SINCE 1 PM...RADAR ESTIMATES OVER ONE HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...AND THIS HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. * THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT ARE PRODUCING THIS HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER NOW. 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 3915 10503 3882 10531 3881 10533 3916 10533
2 follow-up statements
689 RWUS32 KPUB 102004 FFSPUB COC119-102115- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 158 PM MDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR TELLER COUNTY RADAR AT 2 PM INDICATED UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE HAYMAN FIRE AREA IN TELLER COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN FALL WERE OCCURRING IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN PARK AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES...AND THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH TOWARDS TELLER COUNTY. PEOPLE IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER AT THIS TIME. LAT...LON 3915 10507 3881 10530 3881 10533 3915 10534
258 RWUS32 KPUB 102038 FFSPUB COC119-102115- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 233 PM MDT WED JUL 10 2002 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON FOR HAYMAN BURN AREA IN TELLER COUNTY... AT 234 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS OVER HAYMAN BURN AREA IN TELLER COUNTY HAVE DECREASED. IN TELLER COUNTY...RAIN FALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED BY RADAR IN THE BURN AREA. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY...RUNOFF FROM THE RAIN WILL STILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THE ATMOSPHERE STILL REMAINS VERY UNSTABLE...AND NEW THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE POSSIBLE WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IN THE BURN AREA. LAT...LON 3917 10509 3882 10531 3881 10533 3919 10533
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 2:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Jul 10, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 67 min |
| Jul 10, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Jul 10, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 55 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2002Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.