Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2007, 7:00 AM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. 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 22, 2007, 7:00 AM MDT (13:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2007, 10:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 166 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:03 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 22, 8:55 AM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Granada, CO | WATER GREATER THAN A HALF FOOT DEEP FLOWING OVER ROADS IN GRANADA. STANDING WATER 1 TO 1.5 FEET DEEP. |
| Aug 22, 9:00 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.95 | Granada, CO | |
| Aug 22, 9:05 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.5 | Granada, CO | 4.5 INCH RAINFALL ESTIMATE ON HIGHWAY 196 N OF GRANADA. OTHER ESTIMATES OF 2-3 INCHES IN THE GRANADA AREA. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 220 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
- 1158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -314 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1147 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KPUB 221303
FFWPUB
COC099-221600-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
700 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1000 AM MDT...
* AT 654 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM STORMS OVER EASTERN PROWERS COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...
HOLLY.
HARTMAN.
GRANADA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF OVER 5 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED NEAR HOLLY...WITH NEARLY 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN GRANADA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA.
AT 655 AM MDT...THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE FLASH FLOODING WERE
LOCATED ALONG HIGHWAY 50 FROM NEAR GRANADA TO NEAR HOLLY. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 5 MPH. PERSONS TRAVELING
ALONG HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN HOLLY AND GRANADA...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 89
SOUTH OF HOLLY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF WATER COVERING
THE ROAD AND FLASH FLOODING OF NORMALLY DRY CREEKS AND ARROYOS.
FLOODING ALONG TWO BUTTE CREEK SOUTH OF HOLLY IS LIKELY.
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 3801 10234 3819 10232 3818 10222 3816 10206
3794 10205 3783 10224
TIME...MOT...LOC 1300Z 180DEG 0KT 3802 10214
$$1 follow-up statement
000
WGUS75 KPUB 221626
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1025 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2007
COC099-221645-
PROWERS CO-
1025 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2007
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...
AT 1025 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT HEAVY RAINFALL HAD MOVED OUT OF EAST CENTRAL PROWERS COUNTY.
REPORTS FROM LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT INDICATE NO FLOODING PROBLEMS.
CONSEQUENTLY...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL PROWERS
COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3806 10232 3817 10230 3819 10215 3818 10204
3792 10205 3786 10224 3797 10230
TIME...MOT...LOC 1224Z 180DEG 0KT 3794 10218
$$
LWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 3:55 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 3:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 53 min |
| Aug 22, 3:31 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 17 min |
| Aug 22, 4:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 55 min |
| Aug 22, 5:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 96 min |
| Aug 22, 5:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 97 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.