Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2003, 3:05 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 27, 2003, 3:05 PM MDT (21:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2003, 6:00 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), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 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 272112 FFWPUB COC119-280000- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 305 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 305 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ENTERING NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH-SOUTHWEST AT 20 MPH. * THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAIN AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 1 INCH AN HOUR IS BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY AND IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS LARGE SECTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR THROUGH 5 PM MDT. 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 3911 10510 3897 10520 3892 10536 3912 10534 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 272215 FFSPUB COC119-280000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 408 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR TELLER COUNTY AND THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA... AT 400 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY...MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THERE WERE MORE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL FORMING TO THE NORTH OF THE HAYMAN BURN AREA AND MOVING SOUTH. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF HIGHWAY 67 BEING WASHED OUT BY MUDSLIDES JUST NORTH OF TELLER COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN AREA AND ALL OF TELLER COUNTY. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3912 10505 3898 10505 3898 10532 3912 10531 $$ METZE
000 WGUS75 KPUB 272315 FFSPUB COC119-280000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 515 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR TELLER COUNTY AND THE HAYMAN BURN AREA... AT 510 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WEAKENING ACROSS THE TELLER COUNTY HAYMAN BURN AREA. INTENSITIES AND RAINFALL RATES HAVE DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLY. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF MUDSLIDES ON HIGHWAY 67 AROUND MILE MARKER 92...NEAR THE TELLER AND PARK COUNTY BORDER...MAKING THE ROAD IMPASSABLE. TROUT CREEK MAY ALSO BE RUNNING HIGH. 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 10503 3893 10504 3894 10531 3911 10532 $$ METZE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 4:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 3 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.