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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT for Custer County, Pueblo 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 15, 2005, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2005, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Custer County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1830 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 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 152347 FFWPUB COC027-101-160245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 545 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO. * UNTIL 845 PM MDT. * AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...OR ABOUT 24 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER... MASON GULCH BURN SCAR THROUGH 645 PM MDT BEULAH BY 605 PM MDT. 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAN ISABEL BY 625 PM MDT. RYE BY 705 PM MDT. COLORADO CITY BY 715 PM MDT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY AND FAR WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...AND THIS CAN RESULT IN FALLING ROCKS OR MUD FLOWS. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3825 10500 3819 10520 3789 10500 3791 10463 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 160024 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 621 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005 COC027-101-160245- CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO- 621 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM MDT... AT 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAN ISABEL...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR... SAN ISABEL AND 7 MILES SOUTH OF BEULAH BY 620 PM MDT. 9 MILES WEST OF COLORADO CITY BY 635 PM MDT. RYE BY 650 PM MDT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY AND FAR WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES CREATING ROCK SLIDES AND MUDFLOWS. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3825 10500 3819 10520 3789 10500 3791 10463 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 160052 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 650 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005 COC027-101-160245- CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO- 650 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 845 PM MDT... AT 649 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR COLORADO CITY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF WALSENBURG...MOVING SOUTH AT 5 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEAR... COLORADO CITY AND RYE BY 700 PM MDT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED PORTIONS OF EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY AND PORTIONS OF FAR WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1/2 INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES CREATING ROCK SLIDES AND MUDFLOWS. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3825 10500 3819 10520 3789 10500 3791 10463 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 160136 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 734 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005 COC027-101-160144- CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO- 734 PM MDT FRI JUL 15 2005 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELED... HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING IN THIS AREA. LAT...LON 3825 10500 3819 10520 3789 10500 3791 10463 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 61 min |
| Jul 14, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 85 min |
| Jul 14, 7:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 118 min |
| Jul 14, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 70 min |
| Jul 15, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 65 min |
| Jul 15, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.