Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 21, 2004, 4:19 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 116 min. 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 21, 2004, 4:19 PM MDT (22:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 2004, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1611 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 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 212223 FFWPUB COC041-220015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 419 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS. * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * AT 415 PM MDT...FLASH FLOODING WAS LIKELY FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER COLORADO SPRINGS AND SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... 6 MILES WEST OF FOUNTAIN BY 425 PM MDT EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. LAT...LON 3891 10464 3890 10494 3853 10490 3852 10458 $$ LW
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 212312 FFSPUB COC041-220015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 505 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING... SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BROUGHT INTENSE RAINFALL AND A LARGE AMOUNT OF HAIL TO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AND TO THE COMMUNITIES JUST TO THE SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...FORT CARSON...AND FOUNTAIN. THESE AREAS SAW A RADAR ESTIMATED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN JUST A COUPLE HOURS TIME. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$ LW
000 WGUS75 KPUB 212355 FFSPUB COC041-220015- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 552 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 615 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING... HEAVY RUNOFF FROM EARLIER THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...SECURITY...WIDEFIELD...FORT CARSON AND FOUNTAIN. AT 449 PM MDT...A FLASH FLOOD HAD CAUSED THE CLOSURE OF THE B STREET GATE TO FORT CARSON. CARS WERE STALLED. WATER WAS UP AGAINST DOORS. THE ROAD ENTERING FORT CARSON WAS CLOSED AND TRAFFIC WAS BEING DIVERTED. 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. $$ LW
000 WGUS75 KPUB 220035 FFSPUB COC041-220100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 PM MDT SAT AUG 21 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR EL PASO COUNTY... ...A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR FOUNTAIN... HEAVY RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING. CONSEQUENTLY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER STORMS IS EXPECTED TO BRING THE FOUNTAIN CREEK TO A CREST NEAR FLOOD STAGE BETWEEN 8 AND 10 PM THIS EVENING IN THE VICINITY OF FOUNTAIN. CONSEQUENTLY...A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THIS REACH OF FOUNTAIN CREEK. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLOOD WARNING ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO FOR FURTHER DETAILS ON THE FLOODING ALONG FOUNTAIN CREEK. IT CAN BE FOUND UNDER AWIPS IDENTIFIER DENFLWPUB...AND WMO HEADER WGUS45. IT CAN ALSO BE ACCESSED ON THE PUEBLO NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNET SITE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/PUB. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER EL PASO COUNTY. AFTER THE CREST FROM THE RAINS EARLIER RUNS THROUGH FOUNTAIN CREEK THIS EVENING...THE RIVER SHOULD DROP BACK TO NORMAL LEVELS BY SUNDAY MORNING. $$ LW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 1:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Las Animas | 63 min |
| Aug 21, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 75 min |
| Aug 21, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 91 min |
| Aug 21, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 60 min |
| Aug 21, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 86 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.