Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2004, 2:25 PM MDT for Teller 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 14, 2004, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2004, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 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), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 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, 8.4 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
- 680 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -351 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1429 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KPUB 142027 FFWPUB COC119-142230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 225 PM MDT WED JUL 14 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 222 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...OR ABOUT 31 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR THROUGH 200 PM MDT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA. LAT...LON 3913 10533 3900 10533 3904 10527 3912 10512 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 142051 FFSPUB COC119-142230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 245 PM MDT WED JUL 14 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM MDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A SLOW MOVING STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY...THROUGH AT LEAST 320 PM. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING...SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 142133 FFSPUB COC119-142230- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 327 PM MDT WED JUL 14 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 430 PM MDT WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM BROUGHT HEAVY RAIN TO THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...WITH RADAR ESTIMATING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2 INCHES. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO FALL OVER PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR THROUGH 430 PM...BUT SHOULD NOT BE AS HEAVY AS IT WAS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING...SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 142234 FFSPUB COC119-142245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 430 PM MDT WED JUL 14 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAS MOVED ACROSS SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF TELLER COUNTY...WITH FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER EXPECTED ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 58 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004
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.