Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 10, 2004, 8:08 PM MDT (02:08 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 2004, 11:15 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 23 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS55 KPUB 110209
FFWPUB
COC041-101-110515-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
808 PM MDT TUE AUG 10 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT

* AT 805 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SCHRIEVER
  AFB...OR ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTH AT 35
  MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...
   OVER RURAL NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH 1115 PM MDT
   OVER RURAL SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 1115 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 3881 10429 3881 10456 3831 10451 3836 10412

$$

000 
WGUS75 KPUB 110322
FFSPUB
COC041-101-110515-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
911 PM MDT TUE AUG 10 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES 
UNTIL 1115 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING...

THUNDERSTORMS WHICH MOVED THROUGH EL PASO AND PUEBLO COUNTIES HAVE 
PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY AND 
NORTHEAST PUEBLO COUNTY SINCE 700 PM.  RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THIS AREA...WHICH FEEDS INTO 
BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK IN EL PASO COUNTY...AND CHICO CREEK...AND 
HAYNES CREEK IN PUEBLO COUNTY.  FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS...WITH WATER IN THESE CREEKS AND ARROYOS 
LIKELY FLOWING OUT OF THEIR BANKS THROUGH 1115 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.

$$

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.