Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2004, 6:17 PM MDT for El Paso 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, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2004, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:19 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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
- 93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KPUB 060023 FFWPUB COC041-060315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 617 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. * UNTIL 915 PM MDT * AT 614 PM MDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING FROM JUST EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NORTHEAST TO JUST EAST OF BLACK FOREST. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. THIS AREA RECEIVED VERY HEAVY RAIN LAST NIGHT AND ANY ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL QUICKLY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL AFFECT AREAS... MAINLY ALONG HIGHWAY 24 FROM JUST EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...NORTHEAST TO SIMLA. 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 3912 10457 3873 10471 3868 10407 3911 10406 $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 060042 FFSPUB COC041-060315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 638 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING... AT 631 PM...REPORTS FROM HAM RADIO OPERATORS INDICATE WATER WAS OVERFLOWING IN AN IRRIGATION DAM ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CALHAN. THIS IRRIGATION DAM FLOWS INTO BRACKETT CREEK. BRACKETT CREEK WAS REPORTED OUT OF ITS BANKS. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF STANDING WATER WERE REPORTED IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. HAM RADIO OPERATORS AND THE PUBLIC HAVE REPORTED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY BETWEEN 540 PM AND 640 PM. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 060059 FFSPUB COC041-060315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 658 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING... AT 655 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING OVER NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. HOWEVER...RADAR TRENDS INDICATE THE RAIN IS DECREASING BOTH IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE. DURING 545 PM AND 645 PM...RADAR ESTIMATED A LARGE AREA OF 1 TO 2 INCH RAIN FALL AMOUNTS OVER NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY...WITH 3 TO 4 INCHES OCCURRING BETWEEN FALCON AND CALHAN. THIS RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. HIGHWAY 24 IS LIKELY FLOODED IN SPOTS...ESPECIALLY BETWEEN FALCON AND RAMAH. RESIDENTS IN NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY SHOULD USE EXTREME CAUTION UNTIL THE RAIN ENDS. 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. $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 060158 FFSPUB COC041-060315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 755 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM MDT THURSDAY EVENING... DOPPLER RADAR AT 750 PM INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF TRUCKTON IN EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THIS STORM BETWEEN 715 PM AND 745 PM. OTHER HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO FALLING IN NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY...BUT THIS RAIN IS NOT AS HEAVY. A REPORT FROM A SPOTTER 1.5 MILES NORTHEAST OF MARKSHEFFEL ROAD AND BRADLEY ROAD INDICATES STREAMS IN THE AREA WERE OUT OF BANK FULL...AND THE LEVELS ON THE CREEK WERE INCREASING SIGNIFICANTLY. THIS CREEK RUNS INTO THE JIMMY CREEK BASIN. LARGE DEBRIS WAS NOTED FLOWING IN THIS CREEK. THIS SPOTTER REPORTED 3 AND 3/4 OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE THE STORM BEGAN. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 060232 FFSPUB COC041-060315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 824 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM.. AT 825 PM...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED NEAR TRUCKTON. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING OVER MOST OF EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY. BRACKETT CREEK NEAR CALHAN WAS STILL OVER ITS BANKS. IT WAS REPORTED TO BE 8 TO 12 FEET IN DEPTH AND 30 FEET WIDE. NORMALLY...THIS CREEK IS 6 INCHES DEEP AND 3 FEET WIDE. A CREEK IN THE VICINITY OF BRADLEY ROAD AND MARKSHEFFEL IS ALSO IN FLOOD STAGE. SIGNIFICANT EROSION WAS REPORTED IN THIS VICINITY AND TREES HAVE FALLEN INTO THE 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. $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 060323 FFSPUB COC041-060345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 915 PM MDT THU AUG 5 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EL PASO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... RADAR AT 915 PM INDICATED RAIN DECREASING OVER EL PASO COUNTY. NO MORE HEAVY RAIN IS ANTICIPATED TONIGHT OVER EL PASO COUNTY. CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH BUT THERE ARE NO NEW REPORTS OF FLOODING IN EL PASO COUNTY. BASED ON THIS INFORMATION...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON TIME AT 915 PM. $$ HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 97 min |
| Aug 5, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 8:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 90 min |
| Aug 6, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 94 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.