Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2003, 5:00 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
- Jul 19, 2003, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2003, 7:45 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 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 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
- 133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -410 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1900 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 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 192307 FFWPUB COC119-200145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 500 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * RADAR BETWEEN 4 AND 5 PM INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THIS STORM HAS ALREADY DROPPED UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN OVER PARTS OF TELLER COUNTY...AND WAS AFFECTING THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR REGION. * RESIDENTS IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR SHOULD SEEK HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. 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 3915 10514 3893 10514 3893 10534 3914 10534 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 192326 FFSPUB COC119-200145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 525 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY INCLUDING THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA... AT 525 PM...RADAR INICATES A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA. SINCE 430 PM...RADAR INDICATES UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN TELLER COUNTY. RADAR AT 525 PM INDICATES THE STORM HAS WEAKENED...BUT STILL WAS PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN OVER THE BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY. BASED ON CURRENT TRENDS...THE RAIN SHOULD SLOWLY DECREASE ACROSS NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS WATERS DRAIN IN THE BURNED AREA. LAT...LON 3916 10509 3892 10511 3894 10537 3915 10541 $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 200006 FFSPUB COC119-200145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 602 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA. AT 6 PM...RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY HAS ENDED...AND ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING ACROSS THE REGION. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH HAS FALLEN WILL BE CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA THROUGH THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM. BASED ON CURRENT DATA...NO MORE HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA IN TELLER COUNTY THIS EVENING. LAT...LON 3916 10511 3892 10508 3893 10536 3919 10542 $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 200107 FFSPUB COC119-200130- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 703 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2003 A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR... NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY INCLUDING THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA... HAS BEEN CANCELED. SIGNIFICANT RAIN ENDED ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA PRIOR TO 6 PM. NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE BURN AREA...AND NO MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN AREA THE REST OF TONIGHT. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. LAT...LON 3911 10508 3894 10505 3893 10530 3911 10530 $$ HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 57 min |
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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.