Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 17, 2007, 4:32 PM MDT for Teller 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 17, 2007, 4:32 PM MDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2007, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 7104 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 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 172236 FFWPUB COC119-180130- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 432 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 730 PM MDT... * AT 430 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM STORMS OVER NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY...OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...AND IMMEDIATELY SURROUNDING AREAS. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL RATES OF OVER 3/4 INCH WILL BE LIKELY OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...INCLUDING TURKEY ROCK RANCH AND PAINTED ROCKS ROAD. 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 3912 10531 3900 10530 3911 10508 3912 10517 $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 172256 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 453 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 COC119-180130- TELLER CO- 453 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY... AT 451 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OVER ONE INCH...WITH RAINFALL RATES NEARING TWO INCHES PER HOUR HAVE OCCURRED OVER THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...INCLUDING TURKEY ROCK RANCH ESTATES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THAT AREA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3912 10531 3900 10530 3911 10508 3912 10517 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 172321 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 516 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 COC119-180130- TELLER CO- 516 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY... AT 512 PM MDT...A STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR NEAR PAINTED ROCKS ROAD AND WEST CREEK. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF TURKEY ROCK RANCH ESTATES...WHICH WAS LIKELY PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING IN THAT 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 3912 10531 3900 10530 3911 10508 3912 10517 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 172335 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 528 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 COC119-180130- TELLER CO- 528 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY... AT 525 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR AREA IN NORTHWEST TELLER COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED JUST SOUTH OF TURKEY ROCK RANCH ESTATES. FLASH FLOODING WAS STILL LIKELY OCCURRING IN THAT AREA...INCLUDING TRAIL CREEK ROAD. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER. LAT...LON 3912 10531 3900 10530 3911 10508 3912 10517 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 180000 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 558 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 COC119-180130- TELLER CO- 558 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY... AT 554 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED OUT OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OCCURRED ALONG TRAIL CREEK AND TRAIL CREEK ROAD. HIGH WATER WAS STILL LIKELY IN THAT AREA OF THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR...BUT SHOULD CONTINUE TO RECEDE THROUGH 730 PM. 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 3912 10531 3900 10530 3911 10508 3912 10517 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 180031 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 626 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 COC119-180036- TELLER CO- 626 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND WATER LEVELS CONTINUE TO RECEDE. RESIDENTS AND CAMPERS AROUND TRAIL CREEK AND TRAIL CREEK ROAD SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS THIS EVENING...AS ROADWAYS MAY HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY WASHED OUT. LAT...LON 3912 10531 3900 10530 3911 10508 3912 10517 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| Aug 16, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 94 min |
| Aug 17, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.