Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2007, 4:27 PM MDT for Saguache County, Colorado. It took effect at Jul 5, 2007, 4:32 PM MDT. It was in force for 118 min. 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
- Jul 5, 2007, 4:27 PM MDT (22:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 5, 2007, 4:32 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2007, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saguache County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:28 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0 | 12 Wnw Saguache, CO | FLOODING AT HWY 114 AND COUNTY RD 38EE. CREEK RISING RAPIDLY AND CROSSING CR38EE...XPCTD TO CROSS HWY 114 SHORTLY |
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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 225 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
- 3281 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 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 052232 FFWPUB COC109-060030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 427 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 630 PM MDT... * AT 419 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 114 IN CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF SAGUACHE. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. * HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY CAUSE ROCK SLIDES ALONG HIGHWAY 114 BETWEEN NORTH PASS AND SAGUACHE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL 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. LAT...LON 3803 10650 3802 10619 3827 10619 3827 10652 $$
1 follow-up statement
000 WGUS75 KPUB 052336 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 531 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2007 COC109-060030- SAGUACHE CO- 531 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL SAGUACHE COUNTY... AT 526 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING AT HIGHWAY 114 AND COUNTY ROAD 38EE. FLOODING WAS OCCURRING ON MIDDLE CREEK THAT IS EXPECTED TO CROSS HIGHWAY 114 WITH ROCK AND MUDSLIDES POSSIBLE. COUNTY SHERIFF PERSONNEL ARE ON THE SCENE AND COUNTY ROAD CREWS HAVE BEEN SUMMONED. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL OVER 2 INCHES BETWEEN 430 PM AND 530 PM ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 114 ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TOWN OF SAGUACHE. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED TO THE SOUTH AND EAST BUT RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 630 PM. LAT...LON 3803 10650 3802 10619 3827 10619 3827 10652 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 4:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
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.