Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2007, 9:30 PM MDT for 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
- Aug 1, 2007, 9:30 PM MDT (03:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2007, 12:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:32 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 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 020332 FFWPUB COC101-020630- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 930 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... * AT 924 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 1 AND 1/2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1/2 INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF THE SOUTH RED CREEK. 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 3811 10504 3813 10497 3820 10502 3820 10510 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 020416 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1010 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007 COC101-020630- PUEBLO CO- 1010 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 1006 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR IN PUEBLO COUNTY AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/4 INCH IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. THIS WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SOUTH RED CREEK...PANTHER CREEK AND NORTH CREEK ALONG THE SOUTHERN END OF THE BURN SCAR. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3811 10504 3813 10497 3820 10502 3820 10510 $$
000
WGUS75 KPUB 020439
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1036 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007
COC101-020630-
PUEBLO CO-
1036 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...
AT 1031 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2.5 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED
ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR IN WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY.
ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL REMAIN SPOTTY AND
LIGHT...RUN OFF FROM THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SOUTH
RED CREEK...PANTHER CREEK...AND NORTH CREEK ALONG THE SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR. IF YOU LIVE ALONG THESE CREEKS
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND AS
THESE CREEKS MAY EXPERIENCE RAPID RISES AND CAUSE FLOODING OF
ROADWAYS IN THE 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 3806 10499 3808 10494 3813 10498 3817 10496
3820 10499 3820 10510
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 58 min |
| Aug 1, 11:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 12:35 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:30 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 90 min |
| Aug 2, 2:30 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 90 min |
| Aug 2, 4:11 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 19 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:49 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 4 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.