Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 30, 2003, 1:39 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
- May 30, 2003, 1:39 PM MDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 2003, 4:45 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 radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:42 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, 7.7 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2902 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 301946 FFWPUB COC119-302245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 139 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * THIS WARNING IS FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA. RADAR SHOWS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN ONE HOUR. * VERY RAPID RISES IN DRAINAGES IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA ARE LIKELY. MODEST RAINFALL RATES CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING...BECAUSE WATER CANNOT BE ABSORBED BY THE SOIL IN THE BURN SCAR 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. LAT...LON 3900 10533 3910 10506 3913 10508 3913 10532 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 302104 FFSPUB COC119-302245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 256 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY... THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WERE OVER THE HAYMAN BURN AREA HAVE WEAKENED...WITH LIGHT RAIN CONTINUING TO FALL. THE TELLER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED THAT TELLER COUNTY ROAD 33 HAS BEEN AFFECTED BY FLOODING. ALTHOUGH THE RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED...FLOODING OF CREEKS AND ROADS IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 445 PM...DUE TO RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE IN THE REGION...WHICH CAN BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TO THE REGION. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. LAT...LON 3914 10510 3907 10509 3896 10534 3914 10533 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 302233 FFSPUB COC119-302245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 433 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY... FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ON THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY THROUGH 445 PM MDT. RADAR INDICATES RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE ON THE HAYMAN...WITH STORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION ESTIMATED AT 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ON THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...NEAR THE TELLER AND DOUGLAS COUNTY LINES. FURTHER SOUTH IN TELLER COUNTY...ESTIMATES HAVE BEEN CONSIDERABLY LESS...AT GENERALLY LESS THAN A QUARTER INCH. AT 425 PM...PUEBLO RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER THE TELLER COUNTY PORTION OF HAYMAN BURN. THESE SHOWERS WERE SHOWING LITTLE MOVEMENT...AND WILL LIKELY AGGRAVATE ANY EXISTING FLOODING...MAKING IT VERY DANGEROUS TO BE IN THIS AREA. RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY HEAVY IN THE TURKEY CREEK DRAINAGE OF NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY. 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 AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND 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 3897 10505 3891 10529 3911 10531 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 59 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.