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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2003, 5:59 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 27, 2003, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2003, 9:00 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 nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 272359 FFWPUB COC119-280300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 559 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 550 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PUEBLO CONTINUED TO SHOW MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE TELLER COUNTY HAYMAN BURN AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. * THESE MODERATE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD CONTINUE TO SUPPORT RAINFALL RATES AROUND 3/4 OF AN INCH PER HOUR ACROSS THE TELLER COUNTY HAYMAN BURN AREA. IF 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. THIS WARNING CONTINUES THE PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN AREA THAT WAS ISSUED AT 305 PM SUNDAY. LAT...LON 3911 10505 3878 10508 3873 10531 3910 10531 $$ METZE
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS75 KPUB 280101 FFSPUB COC119-280130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 700 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR... TELLER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THAT THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY IN THE PAST HOUR. SPOTTERS IN THE AREA HAVE ALSO REPORTED THAT RUNOFF AND STREAM FLOWS IN TROUT CREEK HAVE DECREASED. ALTHOUGH SOME LIGHT RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THROUGH 730 PM...ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS NOT EXPECTED. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR TELLER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3912 10506 3897 10522 3894 10531 3911 10532 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 3:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 4:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer | 2 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.