Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 2004, 9:44 PM MDT for Crowley County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 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 18, 2004, 9:44 PM MDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2004, 1:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Crowley County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:46 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, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 592 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 149 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 246 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KPUB 190347
FFWPUB
COC025-190745-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
944 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO
* UNTIL 145 AM MDT
* AT 941 PM MDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED FROM A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY TO 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ORDWAY. THE LINE WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE...
OVER RURAL EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 1100 PM.
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 3812 10373 3816 10361 3817 10350 3850 10351
3850 10386
$$2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 190418 FFSPUB COC025-190745- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1014 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY UNTIL 145 AM MDT THURSDAY MORNING... THUNDERSTORMS...PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...ARE NEARLY STATIONARY OVER EASTERN CROWLEY COUNTY. THE LINE OF STORMS EXTENDS FROM 20 MILES NORTH OF ORDWAY TO ABOUT 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ORDWAY. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 4 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR FROM THESE STORMS. MOST OF THESE STORMS ARE OVER TRIBUTARIES OF HORSE CREEK...AND FLASH FLOODING OF HORSE CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES ARE LIKELY. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 190754 FFSPUB COC025-190815- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 148 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR CROWLEY COUNTY... RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL OVER MUCH OF OTERO COUNTY BUT RAINFALL RATES HAVE DECREASED AND THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THERE MAY BE SOME LOW AREAS OR AREAS WITH POOR DRAINAGE THAT WILL HAVE STANDING WATER AND SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY CONTINUE TO RUN FAST THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LOWER EARLY THIS MORNING AS THE SHOWERS DIMINISH TO A MORE STEADY LIGHT RAIN. EVEN THOUGH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED YOU SHOULD STILL BE ALERT FOR POOLING OR STANDING WATER ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS. NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND SMALL STREAMS MAY HAVE SOME FAST MOVING WATER IN THEM THIS MORNING. 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. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 6:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 8:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 9:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 3 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 19, 4:30 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley | 3 hr |
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.