Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2006, 7:55 PM MDT for Pueblo 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 26, 2006, 7:55 PM MDT (01:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2006, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 214 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1875 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 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 270201 FFWPUB COC101-270400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 755 PM MDT SAT AUG 26 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF PUEBLO... * UNTIL 1000 PM MDT... * AT 750 PM MDT...THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY AND NO MORE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED. HOWEVER IS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST. THE 29TH STREET UNDERPASS HAS 8 FEET OF WATER IN IT. TURKEY CREEK IN PUEBLO WEST IS STILL OUT OF ITS BANKS. SEVERE FLOODING IS STILL REPORTED IN PUEBLO WEST. THERE HAVE BEEN DOZENS OF WATER RESCUES ACROSS PUEBLO WEST. RESIDENTS IN PUEBLO WEST ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO REMAIN AT HOME TONIGHT. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER IS COVERING THE ROAD. THE ROAD MAY BE WASHED OUT. POWER IS STILL OUT ACROSS MANY LOCATIONS OF PUEBLO. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... PUEBLO WEST AND MAINLY THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO. ONCE AGAIN...NO MORE RAIN IS EXPECTED TONIGHT ACROSS PUEBLO COUNTY...BUT IT WILL TAKE AWHILE FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE. 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 3819 10487 3809 10425 3838 10408 3840 10480 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 270312 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 902 PM MDT SAT AUG 26 2006 COC101-270400- PUEBLO CO- 902 PM MDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 900 PM MDT...NO HEAVY RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER PUEBLO COUNTY. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE HEAVY RAINS EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON... AREAS OF FLOODING STILL PERSIST IN PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST. POWER IS OUT ACROSS PARTS OF PUEBLO. IF YOU PLAN TO BE OUT TONIGHT...PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. NO HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED THREATENING PUEBLO OR PUEBLO WEST AS OF 9 PM. HOWEVER...A STRONG DISTURBANCE WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE REGION LATER TONIGHT AND TOMORROW...AND THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF MORE THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. LAT...LON 3819 10487 3809 10425 3838 10408 3840 10480 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 270405 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1004 PM MDT SAT AUG 26 2006 COC101-270414- PUEBLO CO- 1004 PM MDT SAT AUG 26 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY... NO HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING OVER PUEBLO COUNTY AT 10 PM...AND MOST OF THE WATER ON MAJOR ROADWAYS HAS COME DOWN. PEOPLE DRIVING IN PUEBLO WEST AND PUEBLO ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION...ESPECIALLY ON SIDE STREETS AND SECONDARY ROADS AS WATER MAY STILL COVER THE ROAD IN PLACES. LAT...LON 3819 10487 3809 10425 3838 10408 3840 10480 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 118 min |
| Aug 26, 6:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 94 min |
| Aug 26, 6:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 29 min |
| Aug 26, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 35 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2006Every flash flood warning in 2006
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.