Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 18, 2004, 11:32 PM MDT (05:32 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2004, 2:30 AM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Otero County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WGUS55 KPUB 190537
FFWPUB
COC089-190830-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1132 PM MDT WED AUG 18 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 230 AM MDT

* AT 1130 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER 
  FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 194 AT SEVERAL LOCATIONS EAST OF LA JUNTA. 
  FLOODING WAS ALSO REPORTED NORTH OF CHERAW.  MOST OF THE HEAVY 
  RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE COUNTY...BUT FLASH FLOODING FROM EARLIER 
  RAIN CONTINUES.  SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN IS STILL OCCURRING OVER 
  EASTERN OTERO COUNTY.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE...
   OVER RURAL NORTHEASTERN OTERO COUNTY AT 1150 PM MDT

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

THIS EXTENDS THE EARLIER FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR OTERO COUNTY.

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 3825 10349 3816 10348 3814 10359 3796 10352
      3799 10339 3825 10340

$$

000 
WGUS75 KPUB 190838
FFSPUB
COC089-190900-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
234 AM MDT THU AUG 19 2004

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR OTERO COUNTY... 

RAIN HAS DIMINISHED OVER OTERO COUNTY AND THE THREAT OF FLASH 
FLOODING HAS ENDED. LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE EARLY 
MORNING BUT INTENSITIES AND RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE CONSIDERABLY 
LESS THAN THEY WERE WEDNESDAY EVENING. SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL 
CONTINUE TO RUN FAST THIS MORNING AND THERE MAY BE STANDING WATER 
OVER ROADWAYS...ESPECIALLY IN LOW AREAS AND AREA WITH POOR DRAINAGE

WHILE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS ENDED YOU SHOULD CONTINUE TO 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.

$$

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.