Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2004, 2:02 PM MDT for Saguache County, Colorado. It was in force for 118 min. 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 15, 2004, 2:02 PM MDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2004, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 239 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
- 163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 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 152003 FFWPUB COC109-152200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 202 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 400 PM MDT * AT 157 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF BONANZA...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTH OF SALIDA. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAGUACHE BY 400 PM MDT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. LAT...LON 3833 10611 3823 10630 3779 10612 3805 10565 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 152016 FFSPUB COC109-152200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 214 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM MDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... STRONG...SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL IN PORTIONS OF SAGUACHE COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR JUST SOUTH OF BONANZA...MAINLY IN THE SKUNK AND KERBER CREEK BASINS. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 152045 FFSPUB COC109-152200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 242 PM MDT THU JUL 15 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SAGUACHE COUNTY UNTIL 4 PM MDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR...MOVED OVER THE CANYON SOUTH OF BONANZA THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR ESTIMATES TOTAL RAINFALL IN THE KERBER AND SKUNK CREEK BASINS AT AROUND ONE INCH. THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING FOR THIS AREA HAS DISSIPATED...HOWEVER LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL IN THE AREA...AND THE WARNING WILL BE CONTINUED AT THIS TIME. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 4:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Jul 15, 5:56 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Alamosa | 34 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.