Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2008, 1:58 PM MDT for Costilla County, Huerfano County, 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 5, 2008, 1:58 PM MDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2008, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Costilla County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 304 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
- 204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1085 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 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 051958 FFWPUB COC023-055-071-052300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0003.080805T1958Z-080805T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 158 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 500 PM MDT... * AT 153 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WHICH IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RED WING... LA VETA PASS...LA VETA...GARDNER AND FARISITA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. RADAR INDICATES THE HEAVY RAIN IS CONTINUING TO EXPAND IN COVERAGE OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT 157 PM WAS IN AN AREA FROM THE LA VETA PASS REGION SOUTH TO THE COLORADO AND NEW MEXICO BORDER. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS ON THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. 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. IF YOU DRIVE INTO WATER THAT IS TOO DEEP...BACK UP. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROAD BARRIER IN FRONT OF WATER ON THE ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. LAT...LON 3780 10537 3778 10486 3701 10453 3701 10515 $$
5 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 052018 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 218 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 COC023-055-071-052300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080805T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-COSTILLA CO- 218 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA...SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTIES... AT 210 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RED WING...LA VETA PASS...LA VETA...GARDNER AND FARISITA. DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO SHOW VERY HEAVY RAIN FALLING ON THE EAST SLOPES AND THE IMMEDIATE ADJACENT PLAINS OF THE SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS. AT 215 PM...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING FROM SEGUNDO TO CUCHARA. OTHER HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED OVER AND JUST TO THE TOWN OF LA VETA. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1.5 TO 2.5 INCHES HAVE BEEN INDICATED. THESE VALUES MAY BE LOW DUE TO MOUNTAINS BLOCKING THE RADAR BEAMS...ESPECIALLY SOUTH AND WEST OF THE SPANISH PEAKS. DO NOT DRIVE IN AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. BE ALERT FOR DEBRIS ON THE ROAD...ESPECIALLY ALONG HIGHWAY 12 AND HIGHWAY 160. LAT...LON 3780 10537 3778 10486 3701 10453 3701 10515 $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 052047 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 247 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 COC023-055-071-052300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080805T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-COSTILLA CO- 247 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA...SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTIES... AT 240 PM MDT...THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS FALLING JUST WEST OF WALSENBURG AND JUST EAST OF LA VETA. THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO 15 MPH. UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS BEEN REPORTED ON THE TOP OF LA VETA PASS. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO RED WING...LA VETA PASS...LA VETA...GARDNER AND FARISITA. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. BE ALERT FOR DEBRIS ON THE HIGHWAY...ESPECIALLY HIGHWAYS 160 AND 12. BE ALERT FOR WASHED OUT DIRT ROADS ACROSS THE REGION. LAT...LON 3780 10537 3778 10486 3701 10453 3701 10515 $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 052057 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 257 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 COC023-055-071-052300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080805T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-COSTILLA CO- 257 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA...SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTIES... AT 253 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED NORTH OF THE SPANISH PEAKS AND EAST OF LA VETA PASS. MOST OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE WEST OF THE TOWN OF WALSENBURG. THIS AREA OF RAIN COULD PRODUCE UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN WHILE IT MOVES ACROSS THE AREA WEST AND NORTHWEST OF WALSENBURG. RAIN HAS DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SOUTH OF THE SPANISH PEAKS. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LA VETA...LA VETA PASS...RED WING...GARDNER AND FARISITA. LAT...LON 3780 10537 3778 10486 3701 10453 3701 10515 $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 052125 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 325 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 COC023-055-071-052300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080805T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-COSTILLA CO- 325 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA...SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTIES... AT 322 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ALL OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED FLASH FLOOD AREA. HOWEVER...WATER IS STILL LIKELY RUNNING HIGH ACROSS THE REGION. PLEASE USE CAUTION IF YOU WILL BE TRAVELING ON HIGHWAY 12 OR HIGHWAY 160 ACROSS HUERFANO AND LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. LAT...LON 3780 10537 3778 10486 3701 10453 3701 10515 $$ HODANISH
000 WGUS75 KPUB 052300 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 500 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 COC023-055-071-052310- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-080805T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-COSTILLA CO- 500 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2008 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA... SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND WESTERN HUERFANO COUNTIES... LAT...LON 3780 10537 3778 10486 3701 10453 3701 10515 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 12:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas and 2 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 1:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 26 min |
| Aug 5, 3:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 108 min |
| Aug 5, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Aug 5, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 100 min |
| Aug 5, 5:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 4 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008
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.