Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2003, 7:11 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 22, 2003, 7:11 PM MDT (01:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2003, 10:15 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), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 275 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -217 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2716 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 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 230117 FFWPUB COC119-230415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 711 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 1015 PM MDT * A STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVED ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...WITH ANOTHER STORM EXPECTED TO ALSO MOVE ACROSS THE SAME AREA THROUGH 745 PM...BRINGING HEAVY RAIN. RADAR INDICATED THAT UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN SINCE 650 PM * SOME AREAS THAT WILL BE AFFECTED INCLUDE LOCATIONS BETWEEN TURKEY AND TRAIL CREEK...AND THE INDIAN CREEK 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 3908 10531 3900 10532 3904 10519 3909 10518 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 230150 FFSPUB COC119-230415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 748 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY... FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN TURKEY CREEK AND TRAIL CREEK...AND IN THE VICINITY OF INDIAN CREEK. SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE IN THIS AREA THROUGH ABOUT 830 PM. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME ROADWAYS TO WASH OUT. SOME OF THE ROADS POSSIBLY AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...FOREST ROADS 200...359...360...361...ALSO WILDHORN ROAD AND TRAIL CREEK ROAD. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING...SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3912 10512 3905 10521 3898 10531 3912 10532 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 230225 FFSPUB COC119-230415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 825 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY... FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH ABOUT 915 PM...AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA. THE HEAVY RAIN MAY HAVE CAUSED SOME ROADWAYS TO WASH OUT. SOME OF THE ROADS POSSIBLY AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING INCLUDE...FOREST ROADS 200...359...360...361...ALSO WILDHORN ROAD AND TRAIL CREEK ROAD. 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 3912 10511 3905 10520 3898 10531 3913 10532 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 230326 FFSPUB COC119-230415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 925 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY... A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA THROUGH 945 PM...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 1/2 INCH AN HOUR. FLASH FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN THAT OCCURRED EARLIER...ALONG WITH ANY ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE CAUSING SOME PROBLEMS WITH WASHED OUT ROADS. THE AREA MOST HEAVILY AFFECTED BY FLASH FLOODING LOOKS TO BE BETWEEN TURKEY AND TRAIL CREEKS AND THE INDIAN CREEK AREA. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING...SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING MUD ON THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3913 10511 3906 10512 3894 10533 3913 10535 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 230420 FFSPUB COC119-230430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1015 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER EXPECTED OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR TONIGHT...ALTHOUGH A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND 1030 PM. FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...BUT DEBRIS ACROSS SOME ROADWAYS FROM FLOODING EARLIER THIS EVENING...MAY STILL CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR DRIVERS IN THE AREA BETWEEN TURKEY AND TRAIL CREEKS. LAT...LON 3911 10509 3906 10513 3898 10532 3914 10534 $$
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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.