Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2007, 5:08 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 16, 2007, 5:08 PM MDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2007, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chaffee County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 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 16, 5:32 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Poncha Pass, CO | 1 FOOT OF WATER FLOWING OVER BACK ROADS AT PONCHA PASS. A FEW INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 285 AT PONCHA PASS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 2191 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -1 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 162312
FFWPUB
COC015-170215-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
508 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 815 PM MDT...
* AT 504 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...THE
CHALK AND BROWNS CREEK BASINS...IN THE SAWATCH MOUNTAINS NEAR
MOUNT PRINCETON...AND THE TOWN OF NATHROP.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES COULD FALL
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA IN ABOUT AN HOUR. GAGE REPORTS INDICATE .50
INCHES HAD ALREADY FALLEN AS OF 5 PM MDT.
THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WILL LIKELY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING OVER
PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CHAFFEE 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 3858 10634 3859 10600 3874 10604 3875 10625
3872 10642
$$3 follow-up statements
000
WGUS75 KPUB 162355
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
547 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2007
COC015-170215-
CHAFFEE CO-
547 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...
AT 532 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FOOT OF
WATER FLOWING OVER BACK ROADS AT PONCHA PASS. A FEW INCHES OF WATER
WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 285 AT PONCHA PASS. A WEATHER SPOTTER
6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATHROP REPORTED 1 INCH OF RAINFALL AND
WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD AT 3 MILE CREEK 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
NATHROP.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
NATHROP...PONCHA PASS AND SALIDA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP
TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE.
IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND
IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE
IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT
OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE
CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY
MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD
FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN
IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MAKE THE SMART
CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
LAT...LON 3844 10622 3848 10600 3860 10588 3872 10597
3875 10625 3872 10642
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 170056
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
650 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2007
COC015-170215-
CHAFFEE CO-
650 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2007
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...
AT 650 PM MDT...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER SOUTHERN CHAFFEE COUNTY. 1 TO 2 INCHES
OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN
5 AND 650 PM MDT.
AT 532 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A FOOT OF
WATER FLOWING OVER BACK ROADS AT PONCHA PASS. A FEW INCHES OF WATER
WAS FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 285 AT PONCHA PASS. NEAR THE SAME TIME...A
WEATHER SPOTTER 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NATHROP REPORTED 1 INCH OF
RAINFALL AND WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD AT 3 MILE CREEK...6 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF NATHROP.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
SALIDA.
PONCHA SPRINGS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO .25 INCHES IS POSSIBLE OVER THE WARNING
AREA THROUGH 900 PM. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN...ALONG WITH THE RAIN
THAT ALREADY FELL...WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING.
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 3844 10622 3848 10600 3860 10588 3872 10597
3875 10625 3872 10642
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 170223
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
819 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2007
COC015-170229-
CHAFFEE CO-
819 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHERN CHAFFEE COUNTY...
LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN CHAFFEE COUNTY THURSDAY
EVENING. HOWEVER...SINCE HEAVY RAINFALL ENDED AROUND 700 PM MDT...
FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED.
LAT...LON 3844 10622 3848 10600 3860 10588 3872 10597
3875 10625 3872 10642
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 15, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 64 min |
| Aug 15, 8:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 9:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 54 min |
| Aug 15, 9:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 63 min |
| Aug 16, 1:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 38 min |
| Aug 16, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Conejos | 24 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.