Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2007, 3:20 PM MDT for Custer County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 26, 2007, 3:20 PM MDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2007, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Custer County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:22 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 242 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
- 885 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -255 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1795 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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 262121 FFWPUB COC027-101-270015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 320 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 615 PM MDT... * AT 318 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE INCH HAS OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. 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. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3823 10505 3818 10512 3808 10502 3814 10495 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 262149 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 348 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007 COC027-101-270015- CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO- 348 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES... AT 347 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO ONE INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3823 10505 3818 10512 3803 10503 3810 10490 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 262259 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 455 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007 COC027-101-270015- CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO- 455 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES... AT 454 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. HOWEVER...MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING TO THE WEST AND COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL. THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY WITH OTHER THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF CUSTER COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR. ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT RAINING ON THE BURN SCAR RIGHT NOW...ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO .25 INCHES WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 615 PM. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3823 10505 3818 10512 3803 10503 3810 10490 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 270014 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 615 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007 COC027-101-270025- CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO- 615 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EAST CENTRAL CUSTER COUNTIES... LAT...LON 3823 10505 3818 10512 3803 10503 3810 10490 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 6:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Rio Grande, Saguache | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 10:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| Jun 26, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 84 min |
| Jun 26, 3:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 62 min |
| Jun 26, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 64 min |
| Jun 26, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 47 min |
| Jun 26, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 65 min |
| Jun 26, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 60 min |
| Jun 26, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 61 min |
| Jun 26, 5:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 26 min |
| Jun 26, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 67 min |
| Jun 26, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 2 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 5:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 96 min |
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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.