Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2007, 4:49 PM MDT for Teller 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
- Jul 25, 2007, 4:49 PM MDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2007, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 245 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -322 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2449 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 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 252253 FFWPUB COC119-260145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 449 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY... IN CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 745 PM MDT... * AT 443 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A STORM OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORHTWEST TELLER COUNTY. * THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL PERSIST OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORHTWEST TELLER COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 INCH PER HOUR HAVE OCCURRED OVER HAYMAN BURN SCAR. FLOODING AND WASHOUTS WILL BE LIKELY OVER PORTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR...INCLUDING TURKEY CREEK AND TRAIL CREEK IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TELLER 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. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3899 10531 3908 10514 3912 10512 3912 10531 $$
4 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 252333 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 520 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007 COC119-260145- TELLER CO- 520 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY... AT 517 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. THE AREA RECEIVING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL LIES FROM TRAIL CREEK WESTWARD...INCLUDING TURKEY CREEK. WEST CREEK AND TROUT CREEK ARE EAST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT HEAVY HEAVY RAIN MAY DEVELOP IN THESE BASINS LATER IN THE EVENING. A THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN NEARLY STATIONARY OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR THROUGH AT LEAST 600 PM MDT. FLOODING AND ROAD WASHOUTS ARE LIKELY...MAINLY FROM TRAIL CREEK WESTWARD...INCLUDING TURKEY CREEK. LESS SEVERE FLOODING IS EXPECTED FARTHER WEST ACROSS THE WEST CREEK AND TROUT CREEK BASINS. PEOPLE IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA OF EXTREME NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY SHOULD MOVE TO HIGH GROUND AT ONCE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...IN EXTREME NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY...BETWEEN 430 AND 530 PM MDT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY RESULT IN FLOODING AND ROAD WASHOUTS OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY...MAINLY FROM TRAIL CREEK WESTWARD...INCLUDING THE TURKEY CREEK DRAINAGE. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3899 10531 3908 10514 3912 10512 3912 10531 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 260043 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 630 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007 COC119-260145- TELLER CO- 630 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY... AT 630 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OFF OF THE TELLER COUNTY PORTION OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. HOWEVER...HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER PORTIONS OF THE SCAR FARTHER TO THE NORTH. THE AREA THAT RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IN TELLER COUNTY LIES FROM TRAIL CREEK WESTWARD... INCLUDING TURKEY CREEK...CEDAR MOUNTAIN ROAD...FOREST SERVICE ROAD 205 AND FOREST SERVICE ROAD 360. THE WEST CREEK AND TROUT CREEK DRAINAGES WERE EAST OF THE HEAVY RAINFALL. RAINFALL ACROSS THE TELLER COUNTY PORTION OF THE HAYMAN SCAR WAS LIGHT OR NONEXISTENT AT 630 PM MDT. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATED SOME NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS BEGINNING TO OCCUR IN AND AROUND THE HAYMAN SCAR. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT HEAVY RAIN COULD REDEVELOP OVER THE TELLER COUNTY PORTION OF THE BURN SCAR THROUGH 745 PM MDT. EVEN WITHOUT ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL...THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND ROAD WASHOUTS ACROSS EXTREME NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 745 PM MDT...DUE TO THE INTENSE RAINFALL THAT HAS ALREADY OCCURRED. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION OF TELLER COUNTY SINCE 430 PM MDT. HOWEVER...GROUND TRUTH GAGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT RADAR ESTIMATES WERE RUNNING HIGH...WITH 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN MORE LIKELY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO .25 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE TELLER COUNTY PORTION OF THE HAYMAN SCAR THROUGH 745 PM MDT. GREATER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF STORMS INTENSIFY MORE THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED. 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 3899 10531 3908 10514 3912 10512 3912 10531 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 260122 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 717 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007 COC119-260145- TELLER CO- 717 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY... AT 715 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS HAD REDEVELOPED OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE HAYMAN SCAR IN TELLER COUNTY...AFFECTING THE TROUT AND WEST CREEK DRAINAGES. LITTLE OR NO RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE SCAR...ACROSS THE TURKEY AND TRAIL CREEK DRAINAGES. THE THREAT OF FLOODING AND ROAD WASHOUTS ACROSS THE HAYMAN SCAR OF NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 745 PM MDT...DUE TO HEAVY RAINFALL THAT OCCURRED EARLIER THIS EVENING...AND NEW SHOWERS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED SINCE 700 PM MDT. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT 1 TO AS MUCH AS 3 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN ACROSS THE EXTREME NORTHWEST PORTION OF TELLER COUNTY SINCE 430 PM MDT. HOWEVER...GROUND TRUTH GAGE REPORTS INDICATE THAT RADAR ESTIMATES WERE RUNNING HIGH...WITH 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN MORE LIKELY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO .25 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE TELLER COUNTY PORTION OF THE HAYMAN SCAR THROUGH 745 PM MDT. GREATER AMOUNTS ARE POSSIBLE IF STORMS INTENSIFY MORE THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3899 10531 3908 10514 3912 10512 3912 10531 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 260151 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 751 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007 COC119-260215- TELLER CO- 751 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING EXPIRED AT 745 PM MDT FOR THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR IN NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY... REPEATED CHECKS WITH OFFICIALS IN TELLER COUNTY INDICATE NO FLOODING PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED. HEAVY RAINFALL ENDED ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AROUND 600 PM MDT. LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED ACROSS THE TROUT AND WEST CREEK DRAINAGES AT 745 PM MDT...BUT THESE WERE OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE HAYMAN SCAR...THE PART THAT MISSED THE HEAVY RAIN EARLIER. WITH NO REPORTS OF FLOODING AND THE HEAVY RAIN LONG OVER...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE HAYMAN SCAR HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3899 10531 3908 10514 3912 10512 3912 10531 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 62 min |
| Jul 25, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 23 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2007Every flash flood warning in 2007
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.