Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2004, 12:48 PM MDT for Rio Grande 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 25, 2004, 12:48 PM MDT (18:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2004, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Rio Grande County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:51 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -364 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 251849 FFWPUB COC105-252145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1248 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 1247 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE MILLION BURN SCAR EAST OF SOUTH FORK. 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 3775 10661 3768 10671 3758 10662 3774 10648 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 251942 FFSPUB COC105-252145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 141 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY. ENOUGH RAIN HAS FALLEN TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 230 PM. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA. $$ LW
000 WGUS75 KPUB 252051 FFSPUB COC105-252145- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 249 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY UNTIL 345 PM MDT FRIDAY AFTERNOON... THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS OVER THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY. ENOUGH RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SOME AREAS TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE RAINFALL HAVE WEAKENED. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER STORMS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS. ENTIRE HILLSIDES CAN BREAK AWAY...CREATING DEVASTATING ROCK SLIDES...MUDSLIDES...AND DEBRIS FLOWS. ROADWAYS ARE OFTEN DESTROYED BY THE POWERFUL FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS...ESPECIALLY IF THEY PASS THROUGH A CREEK BED OR OTHER DRAINAGE AREA. $$ LW
000 WGUS75 KPUB 252147 FFSPUB COC105-252215- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 345 PM MDT FRI JUN 25 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE FOR THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST RIO GRANDE COUNTY... ONLY LIGHT SPRINKLES CONTINUE OVER THE MILLION BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST RIO GRANDE COUNTY. NO REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. CONSEQUENTLY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. $$ LW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jun 25, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 67 min |
| Jun 25, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 113 min |
| Jun 25, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 91 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.