Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2006, 2:55 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 hr. 1 report 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
- Jul 9, 2006, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2006, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 196 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 3:30 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 S Walsh, CO | 100 YARDS BEHIND RESIDENCE...FLOOD WATERS 150 YARDS WIDE AND 4 FEET DEEP FLOWING THROUGH A DRAW INTO SAND ARROYO CREEK |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 2039 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 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 092103 FFWPUB COC009-100300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 900 PM MDT... * AT 251 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... WALSH. VILAS. SPRINGFIELD. PRITCHETT. BARTLETT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BACA COUNTY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN THE VICINITY OF SPRINGFIELD...OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON...AND RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN AREAS SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS BACA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. 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 3701 10308 3700 10202 3743 10206 3741 10303 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 092134 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 329 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC009-100300- BACA CO- 329 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY... AT 328 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... WALSH. VILAS. SPRINGFIELD. PRITCHETT. BARTLETT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF BACA COUNTY THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. IN THE VICINITY OF SPRINGFIELD...OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON...AND RADAR HAS ESTIMATED THAT AS MUCH AS 3 TO 4 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN AREAS SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD...AND ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF PRITCHETT. THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS BACA COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERAL INCHES OF ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. LAT...LON 3701 10308 3700 10202 3743 10206 3741 10303 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 092231 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 427 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC009-100300- BACA CO- 427 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY... AT 423 PM MDT...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY...FROM PRITCHETT AND SPRINGFIELD...SOUTH ALONG HIGHWAY 287 TO THE STATE LINE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... WALSH. VILAS. SPRINGFIELD. PRITCHETT. CAMPO. BARTLETT. HIGHWAY 287 SOUTH OF SPRINGFIELD. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 2 TO 4 INCHES IS EXPECTED FROM HIGHWAY 287 EASTWARD. 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 3701 10308 3700 10202 3743 10206 3741 10303 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 092344 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 543 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC009-100300- BACA CO- 543 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY... AT 540 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHEAST BACA COUNTY. MOST OF THE STORMS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN WEAKENING... WHILE THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE WEST AND SOUTH OF WALSH...AND ALONG THE STATE LINE. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... WALSH. VILAS. SPRINGFIELD. PRITCHETT. BARTLETT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 0.75 TO 1.5 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE COUNTY. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. LAT...LON 3701 10308 3700 10202 3743 10206 3741 10303 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100230 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 828 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC009-100238- BACA CO- 828 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN BACA COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA. OCCASIONAL LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN IS STILL EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS BACA COUNTY THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. WATER LEVELS ACROSS THE REGION ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH. PLEASE USE CAUTION IN AND NEAR STREAMS AND ARROYOS. BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA...AND ALL OF THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LAT...LON 3701 10308 3700 10202 3743 10206 3741 10303 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 8:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:37 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 18 hr |
| Jul 9, 12:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla | 67 min |
| Jul 9, 1:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 4:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 56 min |
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 5:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 12 min |
| Jul 9, 5:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 61 min |
| Jul 9, 5:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 2 hr |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.