Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2004, 4:49 PM MDT for Prowers 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 28, 2004, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2004, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:52 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 737 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 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 282251 FFWPUB COC099-290145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 PM MDT WED JUL 28 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 447 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR HOLLY...OR ABOUT 22 MILES WEST OF SYRACUSE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY AT 500 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 3811 10215 3797 10229 3788 10214 3805 10205 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 282350 FFSPUB COC099-290145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 540 PM MDT WED JUL 28 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... RAIN HAS ENDED OVER MUCH OF THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER...SOME ARROYOS AND SMALL CREEKS ARE STILL FLOWING FAST...WITH WATER STILL FLOWING OVER SOME ROADWAYS. THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED SEVERAL LOCATIONS ALONG VARIOUS COUNTY ROADS...FROM 3 TO 10 MILES SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY...WERE WASHED OUT. EVEN THOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA...WATER MAY STILL BE FLOWING OVER SOME ROADS IN AN AREA FROM HOLLY TO 10 MILES SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 290044 FFSPUB COC099-290145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 638 PM MDT WED JUL 28 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 745 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE REGION. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL DURING THE AFTERNOON. SOME ARROYOS MAY STILL BE RUNNING HIGH...AND SOME WATER MAY BE FLOWING ACROSS SOME COUNTY ROADS. PERSONS TRAVELING IN THE REGION...DEFINED BY HOLLY TO 10 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR SOME WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS AS WELL AS SOME ROAD WASHOUTS FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN. 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. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 290139 FFSPUB COC099-290200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 732 PM MDT WED JUL 28 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY ... THE HEAVY RAIN ENDED ABOUT 2 HOURS AGO...AND NO ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. THE SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORT THAT SOME COUNTY ROADS HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT IN A FEW LOCATIONS...FROM HOLLY TO 10 MILES SOUTH TO SOUTHWEST OF HOLLY. PERSONS TRAVELING IN THIS REGION WILL WANT TO BE AWARE FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR ROADS BEING WASHED OUT IN A FEW LOCATIONS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 93 min |
| Jul 28, 3:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 67 min |
| Jul 28, 3:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 62 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.