Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2004, 3:37 AM MDT for Bent County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 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 5, 2004, 3:37 AM MDT (09:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2004, 7:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Bent County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 88 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:39 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 050941 FFWPUB COC011-089-051330- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 337 AM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO EASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 730 AM MDT * AT 331 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM ON HIGHWAY 50 AROUND HADLEY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA. WATER WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 50 IN THE HADLEY AREA. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... 3 MILES SOUTH OF LAS ANIMAS BY 410 AM 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 3812 10357 3788 10353 3784 10300 3816 10300 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS75 KPUB 051045 FFSPUB COC011-089-051145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 440 AM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WESTERN BENT COUNTY AND EASTERN OTERO COUNTY... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DIMINISHED OVER THE AREA...AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAS REPORTED THE WATER HAS RECEDED. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER OCCURRING ALONG HIGHWAY 50 IN THE HADLEY AREA. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
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 4, 8:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 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.