Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2004, 2:08 PM MDT for El Paso 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 16, 2004, 2:08 PM MDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2004, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 192 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -43 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 162009 FFWPUB COC041-162315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 208 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 206 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...OR ABOUT 12 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... OVER SECURITY...WIDEFIELD AND SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS THROUGH 515 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 3883 10489 3863 10480 3866 10460 3895 10468 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 162046 FFSPUB COC041-162315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 243 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX PRODUCING THE FLOODING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...AND FOUNTAIN HAS MOVED SOUTH INTO RURAL SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED FROM FOUNTAIN AND SOUTH TO THE PUEBLO COUNTY LINE THROUGH 345 PM. UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN THE SOUTHERN METRO AREA...MAINLY IN THE NORTHERN PART OF FORT CARSON. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 162124 FFSPUB COC041-162315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 321 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED FLOODING RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY HAVE MOVED INTO PUEBLO COUNTY. FLOODING OF LOWLYING AREAS AND DRAINAGE BASINS WILL BE LIKELY IN RURAL SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM. REPORTS FROM EMERGENCY OFFICIALS INDICATE THAT WATER IS RECEDING IN SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY... WIDEFIELD...AND FOUNTAIN. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY 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. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 162222 FFSPUB COC041-119-162315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 418 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 515 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... RAIN HAS PICKED UP IN INTENSITY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...AND FOUNTAIN. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 1/2 TO 4 INCHES WERE COMMON IN THAT AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. FURTHER FLOODING MAY OCCUR IN AREAS THAT RECEIVE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 515 PM. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 1:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 66 min |
| Jul 16, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 53 min |
| Jul 16, 2:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 58 min |
| Jul 16, 5:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
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.