Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 17, 2004, 1:00 PM MDT for Teller 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 17, 2004, 1:00 PM MDT (19:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2004, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:04 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 170 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KPUB 171901 FFWPUB COC119-172200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 100 PM MDT THU JUN 17 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 400 PM MDT * AT 1251 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY FROM A THUNDERSTORM WHICH WILL MOVE OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR BETWEEN 1 PM AND 2 PM. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE... OVER RURAL NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY THROUGH 200 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 3910 10539 3901 10537 3905 10525 3912 10523 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 171931 FFSPUB COC119-172200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 129 PM MDT THU JUN 17 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE BURN SCAR ARE PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF FOREST ROAD 200. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE BURN SCAR IN THE PAST HOUR. BE ALERT FOR ASH AND MUD FLOWS...AS WELL AS FAST RISING WATER...AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 172010 FFSPUB COC119-172100- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 209 PM MDT THU JUN 17 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE BURN SCAR WERE PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN WEST OF HACKETT MOUNTAIN IN HACKETT GULCH. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND ASH AND MUD FLOWS. 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. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 172054 FFSPUB COC119-172200- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 253 PM MDT THU JUN 17 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM MDT THURSDAY AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS THAT MOVED OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR PRODUCED MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS MUCH OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN WEST OF HACKETT MOUNTAIN IN HACKETT GULCH. RAIN HAS CEASED OVER THE BURN SCAR...BUT MORE MODERATE RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE BEFORE 400 PM. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND ASH AND MUDFLOW. BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. WATCH FOR ROCKSLIDES AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN. WHEN DRIVING... SLOW DOWN TO AVOID HITTING ROCKS AND MUD ON THE ROADWAY. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 172144 FFSPUB COC119-172215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 343 PM MDT THU JUN 17 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY... MODERATE RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:04 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 56 min |
| Jun 17, 12:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 61 min |
| Jun 17, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 4:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 54 min |
| Jun 17, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 62 min |
| Jun 17, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 64 min |
| Jun 17, 5:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 54 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.