Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2003, 12:41 AM MDT for Otero 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
- Jun 30, 2003, 12:41 AM MDT (06:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2003, 3:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 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 00:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 217 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1769 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KPUB 300653 FFWPUB COC089-300945- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1241 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 345 AM MDT * STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE 2.5 INCHES OR GREATER OVER SOME LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...SMALL CREEKS AND ARROYOS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH 4 AM. * DEPUTIES REPORT THAT ANDERSON ARROYO IS RUNNING OUT OF ITS BANKS SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...AND THE WATER HAS REACHED THE DOOR STEPS OF SOME HOMES. ANDERSON ARROYO WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW OUT OF ITS BANKS AS THE HIGH WATER MOVES NORTHWARD...INTO THE CITY OF LA JUNTA. SOME FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG ANDERSON ARROYO AS IT PASSES THROUGH LA JUNTA. THE DEPUTIES REPORT THAT OTHER ARROYOS...MAINLY KING AND CROOKED ARROYOS...ARE RUNNING HIGH...BUT THEY REMAIN WITHIN THEIR BANKS. 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 3800 10351 3783 10347 3782 10362 3800 10359 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 300710 FFSPUB COC089-300945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 102 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM MDT MONDAY MORNING FOR OTERO COUNTY ... STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE 2.5 INCHES OR GREATER OVER SOME LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT SMALL CREEKS AND ARROYOS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH...AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 345 AM. DEPUTIES REPORTS THAT ANDERSON ARROYO IS FLOODING SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. THE HIGH WATER HAS REACHED THE DOORSTEPS OF SOME HOMES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...AND ANDERSON ARROYO IS FLOWING OVER COUNTY ROAD 28 SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. AS THE HIGH WATER IN ANDERSON ARROYO FLOWS NORTHWARD...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG ANDERSON ARROYO IN LA JUNTA. PERSONS CLOSE TO ANDERSON ARROYO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLASH FLOODING WITH A RAPID RISE IN WATER LEVEL. THE HIGH WATER IN ANDERSON ARROYO MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS IN LA JUNTA...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 50. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. LAT...LON 3798 10344 3771 10342 3773 10373 3792 10369 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 300716 CCA FFSPUB COC089-300945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 102 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003...CORRECTED TYPO ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM MDT MONDAY MORNING FOR OTERO COUNTY... STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE 2.5 INCHES OR GREATER OVER SOME LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT SMALL CREEKS AND ARROYOS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH...AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 345 AM. DEPUTIES REPORTS THAT ANDERSON ARROYO IS FLOODING SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. THE HIGH WATER HAS REACHED THE DOORSTEPS OF SOME HOMES SOUTH OF LA JUNTA...AND ANDERSON ARROYO IS FLOWING OVER COUNTY ROAD 28 SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. AS THE HIGH WATER IN ANDERSON ARROYO FLOWS NORTHWARD...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG ANDERSON ARROYO IN LA JUNTA. PERSONS CLOSE TO ANDERSON ARROYO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR FLASH FLOODING WITH A RAPID RISE IN WATER LEVEL. THE HIGH WATER IN ANDERSON ARROYO MAY CAUSE FLOODING OF ROADS IN LA JUNTA...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 50. 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. LAT...LON 3798 10344 3771 10342 3773 10373 3792 10369 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 300759 FFSPUB COC089-300945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 151 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM MDT MONDAY MORNING FOR OTERO COUNTY... STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE 2.5 INCHES OR GREATER OVER SOME LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...BUT SMALL CREEKS AND ARROYOS CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH...AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 345 AM. AT 145 PM...DEPUTIES REPORTED THAT THE HIGH WATER IN ANDERSON ARROYO IS JUST SOUTH OF LA JUNTA. ANDERSON ARROYO SOUTH OF LA JUNTA FLOWING OUTSIDE OF ITS BANK AT SOME SPOTS. THE FAST FLOWING ARROYO CONTAINS SOME DEBRIS INCLUDING TREES. AS THE HIGH WATER FLOWS THROUGH LA JUNTA...SOME FLASH FLOODING ALONG ANDERSON ARROYO IS LIKELY. PERSONS NEAR ANDERSON ARROYO SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME FLASH FLOODING. THE HIGH WATER MAY ALSO CAUSE FLOODING OF SOME ROADWAYS ALONG ANDERSON ARROYO...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 50. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. LAT...LON 3797 10347 3784 10344 3784 10363 3797 10363 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 300908 FFSPUB COC089-300945- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 AM MDT MONDAY MORNING FOR OTERO COUNTY... ON SUNDAY EVENING...STRONG AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS ESTIMATED TO BE 2.5 INCHES OR GREATER OVER SOME LOCATIONS IN SOUTHERN OTERO COUNTY. EVEN THOUGH THE RAIN HAS ENDED...SMALL CREEKS AND ARROYOS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH...AND WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH THROUGH 4 AM. DEPUTIES REPORT THAT THE HIGH WATER IN ANDERSON ARROYO REACH LA JUNTA AROUND 230 AM. THE WATER LEVEL WAS JUST ABOVE BANK FULL...WITH SOME WATER ON STREETS NEAR THE ARROYO. THE WATER LEVELS IN ANDERSON ARROYO ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN NEAR OR ABOVE BANK FULL THROUGH 345 AM. SOME FLOODING OF NEARBY ROADS IS LIKELY. 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. LAT...LON 3797 10344 3783 10348 3783 10361 3798 10364 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 86 min |
| Jun 29, 7:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 67 min |
| Jun 29, 8:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 8:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 39 min |
| Jun 29, 8:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 90 min |
| Jun 30, 3:39 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 2 hr |
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.