Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2003, 1:53 PM MDT for Rio Grande 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
- Aug 2, 2003, 1:53 PM MDT (19:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2003, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rio Grande County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 2577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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 021954 FFWPUB COC105-022245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 153 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW MODERATE RAINFALL OVER THE MILLION BURN SCAR. REPORTS OF WATER OVER ROADWAYS IN THE BURN SCAR AND WATER FLOWING DOWN BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE. THE AREA OF RAIN IS SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT. * RAINFALL INTENSITY WILL CONTINUE TO RANGE GENERALLY BETWEEN 1/2 INCH AND 3/4 INCH PER HOUR IS SOME AREAS. PEOPLE IN THE BURN SCAR...AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LOWER REACHES OF THE BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE...SHOULD MOVE THE HIGHER GROUND. 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. LAT...LON 3768 10656 3762 10654 3759 10668 3767 10666 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 022102 FFSPUB COC105-022245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 301 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN RIO GRANDE COUNTY... AT 255 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT MUCH OF THE MILLION BURN SCAR AREA WAS EXPERIENCING LITTLE OR NO RAIN. HOWEVER...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE TO THE NORTH AND WEST OF THE BURN SCAR...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IN THE AREA IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 445 PM. RAIN GAUGES IN THE BURN AREA HAVE SHOWN THAT UNDER 3/4 OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN ALL AREAS...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BURN AREA. WATER AND MUD WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW OVER ROADWAYS AND DOWN THE BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE. AT AROUND 2 PM THE RIO GRANDE SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WATER NEARLY 1 1/2 FEET DEEP WAS FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY IN THE LOWER PART OF THE BEAVER CREEK DRAINAGE. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. LAT...LON 3770 10655 3762 10654 3760 10668 3766 10667 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 022152 FFSPUB COC105-022245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 351 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT SATURDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN RIO GRANDE COUNTY... AT 350 PM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THAT THERE WAS NO RAIN FALLING ON THE MILLION BURN SCAR...BUT THERE WAS SOME LIGHT RAIN OCCURRING WEST OF SOUTH FORK. THE RIO GRANDE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT WATER HAS RECEDED ACROSS MUCH OF THE BURN AREA...BUT WAS STILL RUNNING ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 20. THE BEAVER MOUNTAIN ESTATES REPORTED FLOODING ON ROADWAYS AROUND 215 PM AND LATER...AND SOME TREES WERE BROUGHT DOWN BY THE FLOWING WATER. BEAVER MOUNTAIN ROAD HAD WATER AS DEEP AS 18 INCHES IN THE LOWER REACHES AROUND 2 PM AND LATER. IN THE WILLOW PARK ESTATES AREA A ROAD WAS COMPLETELY WASHED OUT. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 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. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. LAT...LON 3765 10655 3758 10657 3757 10665 3765 10666 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 022245 FFSPUB COC105-022330- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 445 PM MDT SAT AUG 2 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN RIO GRANDE COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... REPORTS FROM THE RIO GRANDE SHERIFFS OFFICE AT 430 PM INDICATE THE FLASH FLOODING IN THE MILLION BURN SCAR AREA HAS ENDED. IN ADDITION...RADAR AT 440 PM INDICATES NO IMMEDIATE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN OVER THE BURN AREA. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR AREA HAS EXPIRED. FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON IN THE BURN SCAR AREA...AND DAMAGE TO ROADWAYS HAS BEEN REPORTED. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE MILLION BURN SCAR AREA SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION. LAT...LON 3768 10654 3760 10658 3760 10668 3767 10667 $$ HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 92 min |
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.