Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2006, 5:00 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports 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, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2006, 7:00 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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, 5:22 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 N Pueblo West, CO | COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED WATER RESCUES IN NORTHERN PUEBLO WEST. |
| Jul 9, 5:34 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 8 N Pueblo, CO | VEHICLES REPORTED STUCK IN HIGH WATER AT EXIT 108 ON I-25. ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER OVERTON ROAD AT 1800 AND 1900 BLOCKS |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 562 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 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 092302 FFWPUB COC101-100100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 500 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST AND THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO. * UNTIL 700 PM MDT... * AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. PUEBLO WEST RECIEVED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN LAST NIGHT. ANOTHER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS JUST FALLEN ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST AND NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO. 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 3834 10490 3832 10460 3844 10456 3846 10490 $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 092329 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 527 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC101-100100- PUEBLO CO- 527 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 522 PM MDT...COUNTY SHERIFF WAS REPORTING WATER RESCUES OCCURRING AT PLATTEVILLE AND STATES AVENUE IN PUEBLO WEST. ALSO...WATER RESCUES WERE OCCURRING AT NORTH PURCELL AND PASEO DORADO ROAD. DO NOT DRIVE INTO FLOODED AREAS LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO.. NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST. HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN PUEBLO WEST. . LAT...LON 3834 10490 3832 10460 3844 10456 3846 10490 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 092345 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 542 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC101-100100- PUEBLO CO- 542 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 534 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING ALONG AND JUST EAST OF I-25. VEHICLES WERE REPORTED STUCK IN HIGH WATER AT EXIT 108 OF I-25. ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS REPORTED OVER THE OVERTON ROAD AT THE 1800 AND 1900 BLOCKS. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED IN PUEBLO WEST. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...INCLUDE THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST... THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO. . 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 3834 10490 3832 10460 3844 10456 3846 10490 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 092353 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC101-100100- PUEBLO CO- 551 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 543 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING AT PLATTEVILLE ROAD AND STATES ROAD IN PUEBLO WEST. THIS ROAD IS NOW IMPASSABLE. OVERTON ROAD AT THE 2500 BLOCK IS ALSO NOW IMPASSABLE. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AREAS BETWEEN PINON AND PUEBLO. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... PINON.LAT...LON 3834 10490 3832 10460 3844 10456 3846 10490 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100044 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 642 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC101-100100- PUEBLO CO- 642 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 638 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES THE RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS PUEBLO AND PUEBLO WEST. HOWEVER...HIGH RUNOFF IS STILL OCCURRING ACROSS LOCAL STREAMS AND ARROYOS. IF YOU WILL BE OUT TONIGHT...PLEASE USE EXTREME CAUTION. ROADWAYS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST AND PUEBLO ARE STILL LIKELY CLOSED DUE TO HIGH WATER. LAT...LON 3831 10479 3843 10481 3843 10449 3826 10455 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 100106 CCA FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 642 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 COC101-100130- PUEBLO CO- 702 PM MDT SUN JUL 9 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR PUEBLO COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 700 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTH SIDE OF PUEBLO WEST AND NORTH PUEBLO HAS ENDED. HOWEVER...A NEW AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS INDICATED FROM PIKES PEAK SOUTH TO CANON CITY. THIS NEW AREA OF RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. IF THIS AREA OF RAIN INCREASES IN INTENSITY...AND MOVES OVER THE AREAS WHICH RECEIVED FLOODING EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON...THEN A NEW FLASH FLOOD WARNING MAY BE NEEDED. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR STORM UPDATES. LAT...LON 3831 10479 3843 10481 3843 10449 3826 10455 $$
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, 2:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 56 min |
| 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.