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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2007, 8:07 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 113 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2007, 8:07 PM MDT (02:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2007, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 286 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
- 757 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1963 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 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 200208
FFWPUB
COC055-200400-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
807 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT...
* AT 804 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
LA VETA.
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA...HOWEVER SOME FLASH
FLOODING IS STILL OCCURRING FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT THAT HIGHWAY 69 IS STILL CLOSED EAST OF
GARDNER DUE TO WATER OVER THE ROAD. RESIDUAL FLOODING MAY BE
OCCURRING IN OTHER AREAS.
FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE
STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.
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. MAKE THE SMART
CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3733 10506 3738 10494 3739 10484 3778 10494
3779 10512
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS75 KPUB 200303
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
900 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007
COC055-200400-
HUERFANO CO-
900 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY...
AT 859 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A STORM
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
FARISITA.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORT HIGHWAY 69 IS STILL CLOSED NEAR
BADITO...WHICH IS BETWEEN WALSENBURG AND GARDNER. A FEW COUNTY
ROADS NEAR BADITO WERE ALSO WASHED OUT.
FLOOD WATERS ARE COLLECTING IN LOW LYING AREAS AND FLOOD PRONE
STREETS AND INTERSECTIONS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
LAT...LON 3733 10506 3738 10494 3739 10484 3778 10494
3779 10512
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 200403
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1002 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007
COC055-200412-
HUERFANO CO-
1002 PM MDT THU JUL 19 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY...
AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. IN
THE ABSENCE OF HEAVY RAINFALL...ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS NOT
ANTICIPATED.
LAT...LON 3733 10506 3738 10494 3739 10484 3778 10494
3779 10512
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 6:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 6:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 7:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 5 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 10:15 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 11 hr |
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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.