Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2004, 8:29 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 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
- Aug 4, 2004, 8:29 PM MDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2004, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 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), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2609 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KPUB 050232 FFWPUB COC041-050430- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 829 PM MDT WED AUG 4 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 1030 PM MDT * AT 828 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS... OR ABOUT OVER CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... OVER CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS AND 3 MILES NORTH OF PETERSON AFB BY 835 PM MDT OVER EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS BY 850 PM MDT ANOTHER AREA OF CONCERN IS EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...SPECIFICALLY BRACKETT CREEK SOUTH OF CALHAN...WHERE RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. 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 3894 10491 3861 10487 3859 10420 3908 10425 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 050317 FFSPUB COC041-050430- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 913 PM MDT WED AUG 4 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY AND AREAL COVERAGE ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY. THERE MAY STILL BE SOME RESIDUAL FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SOME ARROYOS MAY STILL BE RUNNING HIGH...AND SOME WATER MAY BE FLOWING ACROSS SOME COUNTY ROADS. PERSONS TRAVELING IN THE REGION... SPECIFICALLY COLORADO SPRINGS AND PORTIONS OF EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS AS WELL AS SOME ROAD WASHOUTS FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 050427 FFSPUB COC041-050500- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1023 PM MDT WED AUG 4 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EL PASO HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE OVERNIGHT...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. MOST CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL REMAIN NEAR BANKFULL THE NEXT FEW HOURS BEFORE FALLING BACK TOWARD NORMAL FLOWS AFTER MIDNIGHT. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 62 min |
| Aug 4, 7:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 57 min |
| Aug 5, 3:37 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 3 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.