Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 20, 2005, 1:14 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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
- Aug 20, 2005, 1:14 PM MDT (19:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2005, 4:15 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), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1:50 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | 2 TO 2.5 FEET OF WATER OVER ROADWAY. CARS STRANDED. |
| Aug 20, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | CURB TO CURB FLOODING. DEBRIS AND ROCKS IN ROAD. CARS STALLED. |
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 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -370 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2229 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 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 201916 FFWPUB COC041-202215- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 114 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. THIS INCLUDES COLORADO SPRINGS. * UNTIL 415 PM MDT. * AT 106 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM MONUMENT TO CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT CARSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 15 MILES NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO COLORADO SPRINGS TO 16 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. * THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER... COLORADO SPRINGS...WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN AND WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS WITH SOME FLOODING AT NORTH ACADEMY AND CAREFREE IN COLORADO SPRINGS. 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 3874 10459 3910 10418 3912 10494 3854 10490 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 201956 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 153 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005 COC041-202215- EL PASO CO- 153 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 152 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER MUCH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. MANY STREETS HAVE WATER OVER THE CURB AND STALLED CARS IN LOW AREAS. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PEYTON TO EAST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS TO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT CARSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO COLORADO SPRINGS TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL BE NEAR... BE OVER THE WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM. THERE HAVE BEEN ISOLATED REPORTS OF RAINFALL OF 2 TO 3 INCHES WITH SEVERAL REPORTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. LAT...LON 3874 10459 3910 10418 3912 10494 3854 10490 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 202103 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005 COC041-202215- EL PASO CO- 255 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM MDT... AT 246 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF CALHAN TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF SCHRIEVER AFB TO SCHRIEVER AFB TO 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT CARSON...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LIMON TO 21 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS TO 18 MILES SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. HOWEVER THERE CONTINUES TO BE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF RUN OFF INTO SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS THROUGH OUT WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 130 PM AND 245 PM HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 3 INCHES IN MANY AREAS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. MONUMENT CREEK AND FOUNTAIN CREEK WERE BOTH RUNNING VERY FAST AND WERE NEAR BANK FULL IN SOME AREAS. CREEK RISES OF 3 TO 4 FEET HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH A LOT OF DEBRIS MOVING FAST DOWNSTREAM AND COLLECTING AT BRIDGES. LOW AREAS ALONG CREEKS AND STREAMS HAVE QUICKLY BECOME UNSAFE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LAT...LON 3874 10459 3910 10418 3912 10494 3854 10490 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 202223 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 418 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005 COC041-202228- EL PASO CO- 418 PM MDT SAT AUG 20 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AND HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING ACROSS THE CITY. RUN OFF FROM EARLIER RAINS WILL KEEP WATER LEVELS HIGH ON FOUNTAIN CREEK THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS...HOWEVER MOST SMALLER CREEKS AND DRAINAGES THAT FLOW INTO FOUNTAIN CREEK HAVE CRESTED...AND FLOWS IN THESE SMALLER STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO DECREASE THROUGH THE EVENING. LAT...LON 3874 10459 3910 10418 3912 10494 3854 10490 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 66 min |
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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.