Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 25, 2003, 12:49 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 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
- May 25, 2003, 12:49 PM MDT (18:49 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2003, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 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, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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 251852 FFWPUB COC119-252245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1249 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * AT 1250 PM...PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ON THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST OVER THE BURN AREA. * THIS STORM WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH IN AN HOUR...SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLOODING...MUDSLIDES...AND ASH FLOWS ACROSS THE BURN AREA. RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE NORTH AND WEST OF THE BURN AREA... AND WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE BURN FOR THE NEXT THREE HOURS. 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 3910 10511 3893 10511 3889 10531 3911 10531 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 251949 FFSPUB COC119-252045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 140 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... AT 145 PM...PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA...MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. RADAR PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES OF 0.75 TO 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE BEEN INDICATED OVER THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE BURN AREA. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE NORTHWEST AND WEST OF THE BURN AREA WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3911 10504 3892 10505 3892 10530 3911 10531 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 252043 FFSPUB COC119-252130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 236 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR TELLER COUNTY... AT 240 PM...PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. RADAR INDICATED RAIN FALL AMOUNTS HAVE GENERALLY BEEN LESS THAN A HALF INCH THIS AFTERNOON...EXCEPT FOR AREAS ALONG THE SOUTHEASTERN EDGE OF THE BURN AREA WHERE AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN ESTIMATED. HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH HAVE FORMED TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE BURN SCAR MAY MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THROUGH 445 PM. 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. 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. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3911 10504 3892 10505 3892 10530 3911 10531 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 252123 FFSPUB COC119-252145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 321 PM MDT SUN MAY 25 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR TELLER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... PUEBLO RADAR AT 330 PM INDICATED THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED AWAY FROM THE HAYMAN BURN AREA...AND THAT THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAD DIMINISHED BELOW FLASH FLOOD CRITERIA. LAT...LON 3911 10504 3892 10505 3892 10530 3911 10531 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 59 min |
| May 24, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 59 min |
| May 25, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 64 min |
| May 25, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 85 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.