Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2007, 11:42 AM MDT for Las Animas 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 29, 2007, 11:42 AM MDT (17:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2007, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:44 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, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 293 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
- 59 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 964 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 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 291746 FFWPUB COC071-292045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1142 AM MDT WED AUG 29 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 245 PM MDT... * AT 1140 AM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... MODEL. HOEHNE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTS THAT SOME ARROYOS NEAR HOEHNE ARE FLOODING...AND 3 TO 4 INCHES OF WATER ARE FLOWING OVER HIGHWAY 350. THE HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN IN SEVERAL ARROYOS...AND WATER MAY BE FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 350 AT OTHER LOCATIONS BETWEEN THE JUNCTION WITH HIGHWAY 160 AND THATCHER. 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 3752 10443 3755 10424 3716 10412 3712 10437 TIME...MOT...LOC 1742Z 180DEG 0KT 3723 10427 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 291827 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1224 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2007 COC071-292045- LAS ANIMAS CO- 1224 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 1222 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN IS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 160. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO... MODEL. HOEHNE. FLOODING OF ARROYOS...CAUSED BY THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN...WILL CONTINUE. SOME LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED...AND SOME WATER MAY STILL BE FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 350. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. LAT...LON 3752 10443 3755 10424 3716 10412 3712 10437 TIME...MOT...LOC 1824Z 180DEG 0KT 3723 10427 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 291939 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 140 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2007 COC071-291950- LAS ANIMAS CO- 140 PM MDT WED AUG 29 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND WATER LEVELS HAVE GONE DOWN. LAT...LON 3752 10443 3755 10424 3716 10412 3712 10437 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 180DEG 0KT 3723 10427 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 9:53 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Saguache | 37 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.