Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2003, 4:29 PM MDT for Custer County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 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, 4:29 PM MDT (22:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2003, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Custer County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 268 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 272232 FFWPUB COC027-280030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 429 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 430 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CUSTER COUNTY...MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED. * COMMUNITIES IN THE PATH ARE WESTCLIFFE AND SLIVER CLIFF. ALSO...NEARBY GULCHES WILL FILL UP QUICKLY AND WILL RUN OUT OF 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 3823 10521 3798 10523 3797 10551 3821 10566 $$ METZE
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 272335 FFSPUB COC027-280030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 451 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT SUNDAY AFTERNOON FOR CUSTER COUNTY... AT 445 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PUEBLO CONTINUED TO SHOW A CLUSTER OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CUSTER COUNTY AND MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 10 MPH. MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTY AROUND THE WESTCLIFFE AREA. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME AROUND THE WESTCLIFFE AREA. THERE HAVE BEEN SPOTTER REPORTS OF ONE FOOT OF WATER COVERING HIGHWAY 69. ALSO...THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF CHLORIDE GULCH RUNNING HIGH. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. LAT...LON 3823 10521 3799 10523 3797 10550 3822 10566 $$ METZE
000 WGUS75 KPUB 272343 FFSPUB COC027-280000- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 543 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2003 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR... CUSTER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 540 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN PUEBLO SHOWED THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO CUSTER COUNTY...NEAR WESTCLIFFE...HAS MOVED SOUTH AND DIMINISHED. THERE IS NO LONGER AN IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE WESTCLIFFE AREA. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CUSTER COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. LAT...LON 3822 10515 3806 10518 3796 10553 3822 10561 $$ 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, 3:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 5:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 3 hr |
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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.