Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2005
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2005, 11:22 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 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, 11:22 PM MDT (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 2005, 5:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KPUB 250524
FFWPUB
COC061-251115-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1122 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 515 AM MDT
* AT 1117 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED
A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO FORM AND MOVE OVER
KIOWA COUNTY...MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
MOVING OVER THE SAME AREA AS PREVIOUS THUNDERSTORMS EARLIER TUESDAY
EVENING BRINGING ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN.
* THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER...
ALL OF KIOWA COUNTY THROUGH 515 AM MDT.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 4 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF KIOWA COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO
2 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS KIOWA COUNTY.
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 3860 10317 3851 10316 3851 10327 3828 10346
3827 10205 3861 10206
$$
METZE3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS75 KPUB 250633
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1230 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005
COC061-251115-
KIOWA CO-
1232 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM MDT FOR KIOWA
COUNTY...
AT 1227 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
SHOW A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY MOVING
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER
THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF KIOWA COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO
3 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY.
IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT
OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY
MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3860 10317 3851 10316 3851 10327 3827 10346
3827 10205 3861 10206
$$
METZE000 WGUS75 KPUB 250737 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 133 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005 COC061-251115- KIOWA CO- 133 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 AM MDT FOR SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY... AT 128 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH...WHICH WAS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN AND CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH IS EXPECTED ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. 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 3846 10294 3829 10323 3828 10212 3836 10212 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 250837 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 236 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005 COC061-250846- KIOWA CO- 236 AM MDT WED MAY 25 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHERN KIOWA COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED... HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING IN THIS AREA. LAT...LON 3846 10294 3829 10323 3828 10212 3836 10212 $$
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, 7:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 4 hr |
| 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 |
Nearby
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.