Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2004, 6:09 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
- Jun 9, 2004, 6:09 PM MDT (00:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2004, 9:00 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), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 484 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -150 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 116 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 380 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KPUB 100009
FFWPUB
COC099-100300-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
609 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 900 PM MDT
* AT 606 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...
OVER RURAL NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY AT 620 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 3826 10268 3805 10268 3804 10205 3825 10204
3825 10259
$$3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100053 FFSPUB COC099-100300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 652 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 648 PM...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CENTERED 8 MILES NORTH OF BRISTOL...OR 18 MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. SLOW MOVING STORMS ACROSS NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY HAS PRODUCED PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RADAR ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN THE PAST 2 HOURS. FLASH FLOODING OF STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER IS LIKELY...ESPECIALLY BIG SANDY CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK AND BUFFALO CREEK. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$ MW
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100222 FFSPUB COC099-100300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 820 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... AT 815 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER INDICATED ISOLATED SHOWERS CONTINUING ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY...WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS LOCATED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED...RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 4 AND 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING...WITH FAST FLOWING WATER AND FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY IN STREAMS AND TRIBUTARIES OF THE ARKANSAS RIVER THROUGH 9 PM. THE MOST LIKELY PLACES FOR FLOODING ARE ALONG HIGHWAY 196 NEAR COTTONWOOD CREEK...ALONG WITH BIG SANDY CREEK AND BUFFALO CREEK. 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. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100255 FFSPUB COC099-100315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 855 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 9 PM... THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED ACROSS NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 6:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 94 min |
| Jun 9, 8:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 63 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.