Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 24, 2005Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2005, 7:24 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 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: May 24, 2005, 7:24 PM MDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2005, 11:30 PM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:23 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 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 165 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 680 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1897 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 70 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 5.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS55 KPUB 250128
FFWPUB
COC061-250530-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
724 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT

* AT 723 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED 3.70 INCHES 
  OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES 9 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BRANDON. THIS WAS 
  FROM A LINE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF   
  TOWNER TO 7 MILES EAST OF ARLINGTON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING   
  FROM 23 MILES NORTHWEST OF TRIBUNE TO 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF LA   
  JUNTA...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE OVER...
  CHIVINGTON BY 750 PM MDT
  SWEETWATER RESERVOIR BY 755 PM MDT
  SHERIDAN LAKE BY 800 PM MDT
  NEE GRANDE RESERVOIR BY 810 PM MDT
  TOWNER AND QUEENS RESERVOIR BY 820 PM MDT

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL PER HOUR IS 
EXPECTED IN KIOWA COUNTY.

FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE
STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.

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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3861 10207 3860 10316 3851 10315 3827 10344
      3828 10270 3826 10206

$$

METZE

4 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS75 KPUB 250218
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
816 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

COC061-250530-
KIOWA CO-
816 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR KIOWA
COUNTY...

AT 811 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
SHOW A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THIS 
STORM WAS LOCATED 12 MILES SOUTH OF SHERIDAN LAKE...OR ABOUT 21 
MILES NORTHEAST OF LAMAR...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OVER...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 900 PM MDT. 

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS 
CENTRAL AND EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY. ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL 
PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS SOUTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY. 

FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE
STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.

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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3861 10207 3860 10316 3851 10315 3827 10344
      3828 10270 3826 10206

$$

METZE

000 
WGUS75 KPUB 250258
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
855 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

COC061-250530-
KIOWA CO-
855 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR KIOWA
COUNTY...

AT 851 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 1 FOOT OF WATER 
RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROAD 95. THIS WAS FROM A CLUSTER OF 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF 
KIOWA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED 
EAST SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM KIOWA COUNTY...HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY FROM STANDING WATER AT NIGHT.   

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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3861 10207 3860 10316 3851 10315 3827 10344
      3828 10270 3826 10206

$$

METZE

000 
WGUS75 KPUB 250316 CCA
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
855 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

COC061-250530-
KIOWA CO-
855 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR KIOWA
COUNTY...

AT 851 PM MDT...A TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 1 FOOT OF WATER 
RUNNING OVER COUNTY ROAD 59. THIS WAS FROM A CLUSTER OF 
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS PARTS OF 
KIOWA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED 
EAST SOUTHEAST AWAY FROM KIOWA COUNTY...HOWEVER...THE FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT CONTINUES ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY FROM STANDING WATER AT NIGHT.   

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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3861 10207 3860 10316 3851 10315 3827 10344
      3828 10270 3826 10206

$$

METZE

000 
WGUS75 KPUB 250402
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
958 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

COC061-250530-
KIOWA CO-
958 PM MDT TUE MAY 24 2005

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR KIOWA
COUNTY...

AT 956 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A 
CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS REFORMING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL KIOWA 
COUNTY...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF 
PRODUCING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL AN HOUR ACROSS PORTIONS OF KIOWA 
COUNTY THAT HAVE ALREADY EXPERIENCED 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL 
EARLIER THIS EVENING.  ALSO THERE IS LIKELY WATER STILL STANDING IN 
CULVERTS AND ROADWAYS...WHICH CAN BE PARTICULARLY DANGEROUS WHEN 
DRIVING AT NIGHT. 

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. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3861 10207 3860 10316 3851 10315 3827 10344
      3828 10270 3826 10206

$$

METZE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 6:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	53 min
May 24, 7:23 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	PUB	Kiowa	43 min
May 24, 7:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	70 min
May 24, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Prowers	60 min
May 24, 10:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca	26 min
May 24, 11:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Kiowa	6 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2005 Every flash flood warning in 2005

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.