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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 3, 2005El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2005, 3:58 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 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
Aug 3, 2005, 3:58 PM MDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2005, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
2 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), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 56 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2005-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
56 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-278 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KPUB 032159
FFWPUB
COC041-040000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
358 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO.
  THIS INCLUDES EXTREME NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS.

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT.

* AT 355 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED VERY
  HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MONUMENT...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  NORTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

* THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER...
  MONUMENT BY 420 PM MDT.
  PALMER LAKE BY 700 PM MDT.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN 
BETWEEN 320 PM AND 350 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NOTED JUST SOUTH OF 
MONUMENT.

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 3895 10489 3902 10468 3912 10474 3912 10495
      3906 10496

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS75 KPUB 032233
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
433 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2005

COC041-032243-
EL PASO CO-
433 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY HAS BEEN
CANCELED...

HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ARE NO LONGER OCCURRING IN 
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY.

LAT...LON 3895 10489 3902 10468 3912 10474 3912 10495
      3906 10496

$$

METZE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso22 min
Aug 3, 4:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont, Teller3 hr
Aug 3, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBFremont38 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2005Every 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.