Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2004, 3:40 PM MDT for Bent 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
- Jun 16, 2004, 3:40 PM MDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2004, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -208 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1046 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KPUB 162141 FFWPUB COC011-170030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 335 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM A THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LA JUNTA. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... OVER RURAL SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 101 THROUGH 630 PM MDT A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING UPGRADES THE URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR BENT COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MDT. 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 3801 10338 3766 10337 3766 10275 3802 10275 $$ METZE
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 162237 FFSPUB COC011-170030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 430 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BENT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN CADDOA CREEK AND SNIF CREEK DRAINAGES IN THE PAST THREE HOURS. THESE CREEKS DRAIN INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER...JUST SOUTH OF JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...AND MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN THIS AREA AS WELL. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 162320 FFSPUB COC011-170030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 516 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BENT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE LEFT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER CADDOA CREEK...SNIF CREEK...AND MUD CREEK...OVER THE PAST 4 HOURS. WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING ALONG THESE CREEKS. IN ADDITION...THESE CREEKS FEED INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER BELOW JOHN MARTIN DAM...AND AS THE WATER FLOWS INTO THESE AREAS OVER THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...MAY CAUSE FLOODING IN THIS AREAS AS WELL. 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. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 170010 FFSPUB COC011-170030- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 607 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR BENT COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST OF BENT COUNTY...AND HAVE LEFT HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY IN THEIR WAKE. RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO DIMINISH OVER THE NEXT HOUR. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER CADDOA CREEK...SNIF CREEK...AND MUD CREEK...OVER THE PAST 5 HOURS. WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING ALONG THESE CREEKS. IN ADDITION...THESE CREEKS FEED INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER BELOW JOHN MARTIN DAM...AND AS THE WATER FLOWS INTO THESE AREAS...MAY CAUSE FLOODING THERE AS WELL. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 170033 FFSPUB COC011-170100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 631 PM MDT WED JUN 16 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR BENT COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...AND THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT HAS PASSED. THEREFORE...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. CADDOA CREEK AND MUD CREEK...WHICH EMPTY INTO THE ARKANSAS RIVER EAST OF THE JOHN MARTIN DAM...MAY STILL BE RUNNING HIGH FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS. NO FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 1:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 1:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 83 min |
| Jun 16, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 88 min |
| Jun 16, 2:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 70 min |
| Jun 16, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 62 min |
| Jun 16, 3:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas | 47 min |
| Jun 16, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 4:21 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 4:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.