Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2007, 5:46 PM MDT for Las Animas 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 26, 2007, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2007, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 2138 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 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 262347 FFWPUB COC071-270245- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 546 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 845 PM MDT... * AT 543 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 BETWEEN 17 MILES AND 22 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. THE AREA WITH THE GREATEST RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING IS ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160...AND BETWEEN COUNTY ROAD 101.8...COUNTY ROAD 113...AND NORTH OF ROAD 22.0. THIS WATER WILL FLOW INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO CREEK...WHICH FLOWS INTO THE PURGATOIRE RIVER. 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 3705 10436 3704 10402 3724 10401 3726 10419 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 270035 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 629 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2007 COC071-270245- LAS ANIMAS CO- 629 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF LAS ANIMAS COUNTY EAST OF TRINIDAD. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160 BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS 101.8...AND 113...AND NORTH OF ROAD 22.0. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING AROUND 5 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF MODEL. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES WILL FALL ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 160. FLOODING OF AREA ROADWAYS...ALONG WITH CREEKS AND STREAMS IN THE AREA INCLUDING SAN FRANCISCO...AND THE LUNING ARROYO WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH 845 PM. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LAT...LON 3705 10436 3704 10402 3732 10386 3733 10420 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 270134 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 725 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2007 COC071-270245- LAS ANIMAS CO- 725 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 720 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG HIGHWAY 350 FROM MODEL TO DELHI. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS SHIFTED WEST OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 16...FROM 14 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD TO 28 MILES EAST OF TRINIDAD. ALTHOUGH ONLY VERY LIGHT ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 845 PM...CREEKS...STREAMS...AND ARROYOS IN THE AREA WILL LIKELY CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH. SOME CREEKS AFFECTED WILL BE THE SAN FRANCISCO CREEK AND THE LUNING ARROYO...WHICH FLOW INTO THE PURGATOIRE RIVER. FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND LOW LYING SPOTS WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE WATER HAS HAD TIME TO RECEDE. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. REMEMBER...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. THE WATER COULD BE DEEPER THAN YOU THINK. LAT...LON 3705 10436 3704 10402 3732 10386 3733 10420 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 270235 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 835 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2007 COC071-270245- LAS ANIMAS CO- 835 PM MDT THU JUL 26 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... LAT...LON 3705 10436 3704 10402 3732 10386 3733 10420 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 10:26 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 10 hr |
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.