Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2004, 6:49 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 16, 2004, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 16, 2004, 9:45 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), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 0.8 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
- 355 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 566 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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 170051 FFWPUB COC119-170345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 649 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY * UNTIL 945 PM MDT * AT 647 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AROUND 5 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... OVER RURAL NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY THROUGH 800 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 10531 3900 10533 3905 10519 3912 10512 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 170142 FFSPUB COC119-170345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 738 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING... FLASH FLOODING EARLIER HAS RESULTED IN ROAD CLOSURES IN PORTIONS OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...INCLUDING THE AREA OF TURKEY ROCK RANCH ESTATES. MODERATE RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE FALLING THROUGH AT LEAST 900 PM...WITH RAPID RUNOFF EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ALONG WITH THE POSSIBILITY OF ADDITIONAL MUDSLIDES. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 170242 FFSPUB COC119-170345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 835 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 945 PM MDT THIS EVENING... RADAR AT 830 PM INDICATES LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE STILL OCCURRING OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. THIS LIGHT RAIN..WITH OCCASIONAL MODERATE SHOWERS...WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE NIGHT TIME HOURS. FLASH FLOODING HAS OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY...AND SMALL EARTHEN DAMS HAVE FAILED ALONG TURKEY CREEK. NUMEROUS ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT DUE TO THE FLOODING. DUE TO THE VERY WET GROUND...MORE MUDSLIDES ARE POSSIBLE. PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION IF TRAVELING IN THE BURN SCAR REGION. IF NO MORE STEADY OR HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPS...THEN THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE PERMITTED TO EXPIRE AT 945 PM THIS EVENING. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 170353 FFSPUB COC119-170415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 945 PM MDT FRI JUL 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUE ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. SINCE HEAVY RAIN IS NOT ANTICIPATED...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 945 PM. PEOPLE IN AND AROUND THE BURN SCAR REGION SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION DUE THE THE SATURATED GROUND. MANY ROADWAYS IN THE BURN SCAR REGION HAVE BEEN DAMAGED DUE TO THE EARLIER RAINS. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT HEAVY RAINS MAY AGAIN DEVELOP SATURDAY AFTERNOON WHICH COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR REGION IN TELLER COUNTY. $$ HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 16, 6:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 17, 2:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 59 min |
| Jul 17, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 61 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.