Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2007, 5:24 PM MDT for El Paso 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 6, 2007, 5:24 PM MDT (23:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2007, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County El Paso County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -265 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1880 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -35 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 062328 FFWPUB COC041-070230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 524 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS... * UNTIL 830 PM MDT... * AT 522 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... PALMER LAKE. MONUMENT. NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAVE FALLEN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES ALONG AND WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 FROM DOWNTOWN COLORADO SPRINGS NORTH THROUGH THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY TO NEAR MONUMENT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 830 PM MDT. 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 3880 10495 3895 10439 3912 10449 3913 10496 $$
3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS75 KPUB 062353
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
546 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007
COC041-070230-
EL PASO CO-
546 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 543 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER NORTHWEST EL
PASO COUNTY.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
PALMER LAKE.
MONUMENT.
NORTHERN SECTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED SINCE 5 PM ALONG INTERSTATE 25 FROM DOWNTOWN COLORADO
SPRINGS NORTH TO THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO
2 INCHES IS EXPECTED OVER NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND NORTHERN EL
PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING BLACK FOREST AND FALCON.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 3880 10495 3882 10460 3895 10439 3912 10449
3913 10496
$$000 WGUS75 KPUB 070028 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 624 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007 COC041-070230- EL PASO CO- 624 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 621 PM MDT...A LARGE AREA OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL NOW NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS NEAR CALHAN. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... PALMER LAKE. MONUMENT. CALHAN. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 24 NORTHEAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3880 10495 3882 10426 3898 10425 3912 10424 3913 10496 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 070101 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 702 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007 COC041-070112- EL PASO CO- 702 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND WATER LEVELS HAVE GONE DOWN. LAT...LON 3880 10495 3882 10426 3898 10425 3912 10424 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 92 min |
| Aug 6, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 84 min |
| Aug 6, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 56 min |
| Aug 6, 4:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 55 min |
| Aug 6, 5:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| Aug 6, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 61 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.