Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2004
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 10, 2004, 12:16 AM MDT for El Paso 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
- Jul 10, 2004, 12:16 AM MDT (06:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 2004, 3:15 AM 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), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:17 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 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 100621 FFWPUB COC041-100915- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1216 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COLORADO SPRINGS * UNTIL 315 AM MDT * AT 1212 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR FALCON...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. AT 1217 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ALONG WITH RAIN GAUGE MEASUREMENTS INDICATED AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE NORTHERN SECTION OF COLORADO SPRINGS...EXTENDING NORTH TO BLACK FORREST. HEAVY RAINS HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THIS REGION EARLIER TODAY AND LOCAL CREEKS...INCLUDING THE FOUNTAIN...ARE RUNNING AT BANKFULL. OTHER STORMS WERE NOTED DEVELOPING OVER THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF PIKES PEAK. THESE ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DROP MORE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE COLORADO SPRINGS REGION. LAT...LON 3911 10491 3883 10490 3890 10460 3912 10464 $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100646 FFSPUB COC041-100915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1244 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING... AT 1237 AM THIS MORNING...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY FROM AREAS JUST NORTH OF PEYTON...SOUTHWEST TO FALCON...AND THEN TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. ALTHOUGH INDIVIDUAL CELLS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH...NEW STORMS WERE REDEVELOPING IN THE VICINITY OF THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. THIS STORM ACTIVITY WILL AFFECT SOME OF THE FOLLOWING DRAINAGE AREAS... MONUMENT CREEK...FOUNTAIN CREEK...SAND CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK. HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER THE GREATER COLORADO SPRINGS REGION...ESPECIALLY NORTH AND EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF THIS HEAVY RAIN AND EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WHICH FELL EARLIER IN THE DAY. BE ALERT FOR FAST RISING WATER AND BE READY TO TAKE QUICK ACTION IF NECESSARY. DO NOT DRIVE OR WALK INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES... INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. KEEP CHILDREN AND OTHERS AWAY FROM FAST FLOWING WATER AND STORM DRAINS...WHICH COULD BECOME DEADLY DURING HIGH WATER. FLOODING WILL OCCUR ALONG CREEKS...IN DRAINAGE AREAS...IN UNDERPASSES...AND OVER OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS. $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100705 FFSPUB COC041-100915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 105 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR UNTIL 315 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING... ...HEAVY RAINS DECREASING OVER NORTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY... AT 100 AM THIS MORNING...DOPPLER RADAR ALONG WITH ALERT RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAINS WERE DECREASING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. BETWEEN 12 MIDNIGHT AND 100 AM...RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 0.75 INCHES AND 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. MOST OF THIS HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN GENERALLY JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24. NO NEW RAIN WAS NOTED DEVELOPING OVER THE PIKES PEAK MOUNTAIN REGION. RESIDENTS FROM JUST NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY...AND THEN NORTHEAST TOWARDS FALCON AND CALHAN SHOULD BE ALERT FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER. DO NOT DRIVE IF WATER IS COVERING THE ROADWAY. 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...AND OVER OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100724 FFSPUB COC041-100915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 121 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING... AT 120 AM THIS MORNING...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS ALL OF EL PASO COUNTY. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH 3 AM THIS MORNING AS RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL GENERALLY BE NORTH OF A LINE FROM JUST NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...TO FALCON TO PEYTON. $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100805 FFSPUB COC041-100915- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 203 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM MDT SATURDAY MORNING... AT 200 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT SHOWERS WERE MOVING ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS WHICH HAVE OCCURRED EARLIER TODAY...AND DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS...FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...MAINLY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 24 FROM COLORADO SPRINGS TO PEYTON. THE GREATEST THREAT FOR FLOODING WILL BE ACROSS THE SAND CREEK AND COTTONWOOD CREEK DRAINAGES...AND THEN INTO MONUMENT CREEK AND FOUNTAIN CREEK. BASED ON RADAR ESTIMATES AND ALERT RAIN GAUGE INFORMATION...1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE REGION BETWEEN 11 PM AND 1 AM. 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...AND OVER OTHER LOW LYING AREAS AND STREETS. $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100835 FFSPUB COC041-100900- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 235 AM MDT SAT JUL 10 2004 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 315 AM HAS BEEN CANCELLED... AT 230 AM...DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS OCCURRING OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. REPORTS FROM EL PASO COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES INDICATE NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. FOR THIS REASON...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EL PASO COUNTY. $$ HODANISH
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, 7:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.