Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2004, 7:22 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 2004, 7:22 PM MDT (01:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2004, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- 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), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:32 PM MDT | FLOOD | 2 S Colorado Springs, CO | STREETS FLOODED...WATER COMING OUT OF MANHOLE COVERS...VEHICLES STALLED IN STREETS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 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 100125 FFWPUB COC041-100415- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 722 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS * UNTIL 1015 PM MDT * AT 720 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS ...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE...OVER THE COLORADO SPRING METRO AREA THROUGH 1015 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 3905 10494 3877 10493 3821 10329 3864 10311 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100158 FFSPUB COC041-100410- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 753 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS METRO AREA UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING... VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED BY TRAINED SPOTTERS AND INDICATED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR. IN NORTHEAST COLORADO SPRINGS RAINFALL HAS BEEN REPORTED TO BE OVER 3 INCHES IN ONE HALF HOUR. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF INTERSECTION...STREET...LOW LOWLAND FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...OVER RURAL ROADS...IN NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND ARROYOS...AND OVER LOW LYING LAND ALONG CREEK BANKS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100314 FFSPUB COC041-100415- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 911 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY AND THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FRIDAY EVENING... HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER COLORADO SPRINGS...BUT REPORTS OF WATER 1 TO 1 1/2 FEET DEEP IN LOW LYING AREAS AND OVER STREETS WAS STILL BEING REPORTED. SAND AND COTTONWOOD CREEKS WERE WITHIN THEIR BANKS. WATER WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RECEDE THROUGHOUT THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA THROUGH 1015 PM. 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...AND OVER OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100417 FFSPUB COC041-100445- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1016 PM MDT FRI JUL 9 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EL PASO COUNTY AND COLORADO SPRINGS... WATER HAS LIKELY RECEDED ACROSS THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. STANDING WATER WILL REMAIN THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT...BUT SHOULD NOT POSE A THREAT TO LIFE...IF CAUTION IS EXCERCISED. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...AND OVER OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS. $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 55 min |
| Jul 9, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 53 min |
| Jul 9, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 88 min |
| Jul 9, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 89 min |
| Jul 9, 9:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 11:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 57 min |
| Jul 10, 12:16 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 10, 1:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 115 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.