Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2007
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2007, 8:10 PM 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
- Jul 12, 2007, 8:10 PM MDT (02:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2007, 11:15 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 02:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 00:00Z, 2.2 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
- 306 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 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 130211 FFWPUB COC071-130515- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 810 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 1115 PM MDT... * AT 806 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KIM...OR ABOUT 36 MILES WEST OF SPRINGFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OVER SMITH CANYON...NORTHWEST OF KIM...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 INCH IS EXPECTED 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. LAT...LON 3723 10352 3725 10311 3756 10315 3753 10359 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 130237 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 834 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007 COC071-130515- LAS ANIMAS CO- 834 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 829 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER SMITH CANYON...NORTHWEST OF KIM...AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF AN INCH OR MORE IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY IN LOW LYING AREAS IN THE CANTONMENTS. IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3724 10355 3730 10317 3756 10320 3745 10358 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 130323 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 924 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007 COC071-130334- LAS ANIMAS CO- 924 PM MDT THU JUL 12 2007 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA...AND WATER LEVELS HAVE GONE DOWN. LAT...LON 3724 10355 3730 10317 3756 10320 3745 10358 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 6:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 53 min |
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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.