Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 5, 2004, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)

Expired

Aug 5, 2004, 7:45 PM MDT

In force

97 min

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Las Animas County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS55 KPUB 060014
FFWPUB
COC071-060145-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
608 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 745 PM MDT

* AT 604 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN AREAS ALONG  
  AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12...GENERALLY WEST OF THE PURGATOIRE         
  RIVER...IN SOUTHWEST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED OVER 5 TO  
  7 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOUTHWEST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY         
  GENERALLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12. AREAS MOST AFFECT WILL BE REMOTE    
  AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 FROM SOUTH OF STONEWALL TO SOUTH OF      
  SEGUNDO. TRIBUTARIES MOST AFFECTED WILL BE THE SOUTH FORK OF THE   
  PURGATOIRE RIVER...AND CREEKS FLOWING IN BOTH THE ...LORENCITO     
  CANYON...AND LONG CANYON. RISES IN THE MAIN PURGATOIRE CHANNEL ARE 
  LIKELY.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...
  2 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SEGUNDO BY 625 PM MDT

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. 
THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS A CONTINUATION OF THE FLASH FLOOD 
WARNING WHICH WAS ISSUED AT 311 PM.

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 3716 10508 3693 10510 3693 10464 3726 10463

$$

HODANISH

000 
WGUS75 KPUB 060145
FFSPUB
COC071-060200-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
745 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST LAS 
ANIMAS COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 745 PM MDT. 

THERE HAS BEEN NO NEW RAIN FALL ACROSS SOUTHWEST LAS ANIMAS COUNTY 
IN THE LAST HOUR...AND NO MORE RAIN IS ANTICIPATED ACROSS THE REGION 
TONIGHT. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.

PEOPLE TRAVELING IN REMOTE AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 12 SHOULD BE ALERT 
FOR DEBRIS ON ROADWAYS AND POSSIBLY WASHED OUT ROADS.

$$

HODANISH

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2004Every flash flood warning in 2004

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.