Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2004, 6:52 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 113 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 2004, 6:52 PM MDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2004, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pueblo West, CO | 10 TO 30 FEET WIDE FAST MOVING STREAM APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 12 INCHES DEEP MOVING BETWEEN HOMES AND ACROSS ALEXIS DRIVE. AUTOMOBILES COULD NOT TRAVEL ON ALEXIS DRIVE BETWEEN GREENWAY AVE AND LINDEN AVE. FLOODING OCCURRED FROM 700PM THROUGH 800PM. RAINFALL...1.00 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 2151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1371 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.9
- Supercell composite
- 10.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KPUB 100054 FFWPUB COC101-100245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 652 PM MDT MON AUG 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PUEBLO * UNTIL 845 PM MDT * AT 649 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH STREET FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO RESERVOIR TO 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES WEST OF PUEBLO TO 28 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... THE CITY OF PUEBLO THROUGH 715 PM OVER RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 800 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 3808 10495 3792 10432 3811 10416 3839 10479 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100120 FFSPUB COC101-100245- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 714 PM MDT MON AUG 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PUEBLO COUNTY UNTIL 845 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING... A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS ALL OF PUEBLO COUNTY...MAINLY ALONG AND DIRECTLY SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50...AND WAS PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED FAST MOVING HIGH WATER ACROSS PORTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST AND THE CITY OF PUEBLO. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH...AND WILL AFFECT THE RURAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 845 PM MDT. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...OVER STREETS AND RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$ MOORE
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100254 FFSPUB COC101-100300- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 851 PM MDT MON AUG 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PUEBLO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS PORTIONS OF PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH THE REST OF THE EVENING...FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. 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. $$ MOORE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 84 min |
| Aug 9, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 7:00 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 9, 7:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 87 min |
| Aug 9, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 89 min |
| Aug 9, 7:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 7:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Aug 9, 8:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley, Pueblo | 63 min |
| Aug 9, 8:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 92 min |
| Aug 9, 9:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 9:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 65 min |
| Aug 9, 10:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 64 min |
| Aug 9, 10:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 67 min |
| Aug 10, 12:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Aug 10, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 60 min |
| Aug 10, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 91 min |
| Aug 10, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 83 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.