Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2004, 3:33 PM MDT for Teller 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
- Aug 5, 2004, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2004, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -393 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1712 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -17 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 052135 FFWPUB COC119-060030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 333 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 328 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY ABOUT 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA. LAT...LON 3913 10532 3901 10531 3905 10522 3912 10513 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 052231 FFSPUB COC119-060030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 431 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING... AT 430 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. HOWEVER...EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE BURN SCAR. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE BURN SCAR DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE AFTERNOON. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 052338 FFSPUB COC119-060030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 534 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA IN TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING... AT 535 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STEADY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS OCCURRING OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR REGION. BETWEEN 430 PM AND 530 PM...RADAR AND SURFACE REPORTS INDICATE GENERALLY ONE TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. HOWEVER...BETWEEN 3 PM AND 4 PM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH WERE ESTIMATED BY RADAR. LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS WITH ONE OR TWO EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR 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. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 060029 FFSPUB COC119-060045- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 626 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA IN TELLER COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... AT 630 PM...RADAR INDICATED RAIN SHOWERS IN THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA WERE DECREASING. NO MORE ADDITIONAL FLOODING IS EXPECTED IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA THE REST OF THE NIGHT. $$
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, 3:37 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 4 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
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.