Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2007, 11:47 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It took effect at Aug 1, 2007, 11:52 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2007, 11:47 PM MDT (05:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 1, 2007, 11:52 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2007, 2:45 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 05:47 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:19 AM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Beulah, CO | HIGHWAY 78...THE PRIMARY ACCESS ROUTE TO THE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY OF BEULAH...WASHED OUT. AN 18 FOOT CULVERT FAILED...ALLOWING A LARGE SWATH OF THE HIGHWAY TO COLLAPSE. A VEHICLE HAD TO BE PULLED FROM THE COLLAPSED AREA. THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A S |
| Aug 2, 2:30 AM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Beulah, CO | NUMEROUS ROADS IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. |
| Aug 2, 2:30 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 6.4 | Beulah, CO | FLASH FLOODING. ONE ROAD OPEN AT 0800 AM MDT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 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.
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WGUS55 KPUB 020552
FFWPUB
COC101-020845-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1147 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 245 AM MDT...
* AT 1143 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR
INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO
COUNTY...INCLUDING THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
BEULAH.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 3.5 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF OF UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED
OVER PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY. CREEKS...STREAMS AND
ROADWAYS IN THE AREA MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING THROUGH 245 PM. AREAS
PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE IN AND NEAR THE
MASON GULCH BURN SCAR. THIS WARNING EXTENDS AND EXPANDS THE
PREVIOUS FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR
AND EXTREME WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO 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.
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 3790 10504 3787 10500 3789 10467 3814 10467
3824 10488 3820 10504
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS75 KPUB 020623
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1219 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007
COC101-020845-
PUEBLO CO-
1219 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...
AT 1216 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
MASON GULCH BURN SCAR IN PUEBLO COUNTY.
BEULAH.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...THE BEULAH AREA AND
THE OPEN COUNTRY SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL OF UP TO AN INCH IS EXPECTED IN THIS AREA AS MORE
THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS THIS SAME AREA.
CREEKS...STREAMS...AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES MAY QUICKLY BECOME
FLOODED. AREAS PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING WILL BE
IN AND NEAR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR INCLUDING SOUTH RED
CREEK...PANTHER CREEK...AND NORTH CREEK.
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 3790 10504 3787 10500 3789 10467 3814 10467
3824 10488 3820 10504
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 020710
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
104 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007
COC101-020845-
PUEBLO CO-
104 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...
AT 102 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STRONG STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
BEULAH.
THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.
OPEN COUNTRY OF WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 4 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...BEULAH...AND THE OPEN
COUNTRY ALONG HIGHWAY 76 SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO. RAIN
GAGES IN THE BEULAH AREA HAVE RECORDED OVER 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED ACROSS THAT AREA.
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ESPECIALLY IN AND NEAR THE MASON GULCH BURN
SCAR...WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING THROUGH 245 AM. ROADS NEAR THE BURN
SCAR WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE WASH OUTS AND MUD FLOWS DUE TO HEAVY RUN
OFF.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
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 3790 10504 3787 10500 3789 10467 3814 10467
3824 10488 3820 10504
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 020755
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
151 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007
COC101-020845-
PUEBLO CO-
151 AM MDT THU AUG 2 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 AM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY...
AT 149 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 5 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED ACROSS THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR...AND RURAL PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE
AREA...HOWEVER CREEKS STREAMS AND ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE TO
EXPERIENCE FLOODING THROUGH 245 AM AS RUNOFF CONTINUES. AREAS MOST
LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE FLASH FLOODING WILL BE SOUTH RED CREEK AND
NORTH CREEK IN AND NEAR THE MASON GULCH BURN SCAR.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF
ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A
MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR
BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING
ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER.
LAT...LON 3790 10504 3787 10500 3789 10467 3814 10467
3824 10488 3820 10504
$$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, 9:30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.