Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2003, 3:11 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 25, 2003, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 2003, 6:15 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 radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 215 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:15 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 246 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2028 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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 252115
FFWPUB
COC105-260015-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
311 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2003
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
* AT 305 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED THUNDERSTORMS WITH
HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTH FORK AREA. THESES STORMS WERE SLOW MOVING
STORMS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH LIGHTNING
AND SMALL HAIL. AT 300 PM AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES ON THE MILLION BURN
SCAR REPORTED NEARLY ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES.
* HEAVY RAIN IN THE BURN SCAR AREA CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE BURN SCAR. HOUSING AREAS SUCH AS MILL
CREEK...ALAMO AND WILLOW CREEK ARE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH
FLOODING FROM THE RAIN ON THE BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING COULD LEAD
TO ROAD CLOSURES THAT COULD BLOCK ESCAPE FOR AREA RESIDENTS.
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.
LAT...LON 3774 10618 3742 10618 3741 10667 3780 10666
3772 10659
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS75 KPUB 252210
FFSPUB
COC105-260015-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
400 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2003
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING FOR RIO GRANDE COUNTY...
HEAVY RAIN FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE RAPID
RUNOFF IN AND AROUND THE MILLION BURN SCAR. AT 355 PM NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE HIGHER
TERRAIN IN WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE MILLION BURN
SCAR AREA AND SOUTH FORK. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT
CONTINUED WEST OF THE BURN AREA WITH THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST AND
SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN THAT WILL LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING.
AT 400 PM AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORTED OVER THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH OF RAIN IN THE BURN SCAR AREA AND RIO GRANDE COUNTY SHERIFF HAS
BEGAN THE PROCESS OF CLOSING SOME ROADS IN THE AREA. PEOPLE LIVING
IN AND NEAR THE BURN SCAR AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING. BEAVER CREEK ROAD...ESCADIDA ROAD AND SKY
LINE ROAD HAVE BEEN CLOSED DUE TO WASH OUTS FROM THE RUNOFF.
PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE BURN SCAR AREA SHOULD QUICKLY PREPARE FOR
HEAVY RAIN AND RAPID RUNOFF. WATCH FOR DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS AS WELL AS
ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.
LAT...LON 3772 10618 3743 10618 3743 10668 3781 10667
3780 10660 3771 10659
$$000 WGUS75 KPUB 252259 FFSPUB COC105-260015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN RIO GRANDE COUNTY... LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA SHOW THAT THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH MAINLY LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE BURN SCAR. THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO FORM OVER THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AT 445 PM...AND A FEW OF THESE MAY MOVE BACK OVER THE AREA AFTER 530 PM. AT 445 PM AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES REPORTED NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE BURN SCAR AREA...WITH THE RIO GRANDE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTING THAT PORTIONS OF BEAVER CREEK ROAD...ESCADIDA ROAD AND SKY LINE ROAD CONTINUED TO BE CLOSED DUE TO WASH OUTS FROM THE RUNOFF. 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. 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. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND ASH FLOWS IN AND NEAR THE BURN SCAR. WHEN DRIVING...SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3760 10665 3757 10646 3766 10636 3768 10662 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 252349 FFSPUB COC105-260015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 545 PM MDT MON AUG 25 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN RIO GRANDE COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... LATEST RADAR AND SATELLITE DATA SUGGESTS THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE MILLION BURN SCAR HAS ENDED. THE RIO GRANDE COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTS THAT WATER HAS RECEDED IN MOST AREAS...WITH ROADS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY CLOSED DUE TO WASH OUTS AND ASH FLOWS NOW REOPENED. LAT...LON 3761 10669 3749 10652 3766 10640 3767 10664 $$
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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.