Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2004, 10:17 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 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 23, 2004, 10:17 PM MDT (04:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2004, 4:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 190 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
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 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 240419 FFWPUB COC041-101-241015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1017 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 415 AM MDT * AT 1013 PM MDT...RIVER GAUGES ALONG FOUNTAIN CREEK INDICATE FLASH FLOODING ALONG THE FOUNTAIN BETWEEN FOUNTAIN AND PINON. 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 3867 10458 3862 10480 3841 10472 3842 10450 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 240433 FFSPUB COC041-101-241015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1030 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES UNTIL 415 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING... HEAVY RAINFALL IN EL PASO COUNTY EARLIER THIS EVENING IS CAUSING RAPID RISES IN FOUNTAIN CREEK. THE CURRENT HIGH CREST IS BETWEEN FOUNTAIN AND PINON...WITH GAGES INDICATING THE CREEK AT 1.1 FEET OVER FLOOD STAGE. THIS WILL CAUSE AGRICULTURAL FLOODING NEAR THE CREEK IN THESE AREAS. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 240546 FFSPUB COC101-241015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1140 PM MDT FRI JUL 23 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY AND NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 415 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING... HEAVY RAINFALL IN EL PASO COUNTY EARLIER TODAY HAS CAUSED FOUNTAIN CREEK TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THIS EVENING. THE RIVER GAUGE SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOUNTAIN INDICATES THAT THE FLOW HAS CRESTED IN THIS AREA...AND IS NOW BEGINNING TO FALL...WITH READINGS SLIGHTLY BELOW FLOOD STAGE. THE CREEK IS STILL RUNNING BANKFULL. FLOODING IS STILL EXPECTED ALONG THE FOUNTAIN NORTH OF PINON AND POSSIBLY INTO THE PINON AREA AS THE FLOOD WAVE MOVES SOUTH INTO THAT AREA. 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. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 240647 FFSPUB COC041-101-241015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1239 AM MDT SAT JUL 24 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY AND NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 415 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING... HEAVY RAIN IN EL PASO COUNTY EARLIER TODAY HAS CAUSED FOUNTAIN CREEK TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE IN SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. THE GAUGE SOUTH OF THE CITY OF FOUNTAIN INDICATES THAT THE CREEK HAS CRESTED IN THIS AREA...AND IS NOW FALLING...WITH THE LATEST READING AT 6.9 FEET. THIS IS 1.1 FEET BELOW FLOOD STAGE. THE CREEK IS STILL RUNNING HIGH IN THE FOUNTAIN AREA. FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG FOUNTAIN CREEK BETWEEN THE CITY OF FOUNTAIN AND THE COUNTY LINE...AND POSSIBLY INTO THE PINON AREA IN NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY AS THE FLOOD WAVE MOVES SOUTH. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 240815 FFSPUB COC041-101-240830- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 214 AM MDT SAT JUL 24 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY AND NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR FOUNTAIN CONTINUES TO FALL. THE LATEST GAUGE READING WAS 6.3 FEET...WHICH IS 1.7 FEET BELOW FLOOD STAGE. FOUNTAIN CREEK AT PINON...IN PUEBLO COUNTY...HAS RISEN TO 4.9 FEET...WHICH IS WELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE OF 9 FEET. FOUNTAIN CREEK AT PINON IS NOT EXPECTED TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. $$
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.