Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2008
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2008, 7:24 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 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 6, 2008, 7:24 PM MDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2008, 11:53 PM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 329 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
- 68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -103 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1760 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 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 070124
FFWPUB
COC041-070715-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0004.080807T0124Z-080807T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
724 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
THIS INCLUDES COLORADO SPRINGS...
* UNTIL 115 AM MDT...
* AT 718 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOODING FROM A STORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COLORADO
SPRINGS...CASCADE... PEYTON...PALMER LAKE...MONUMENT...GREEN
MOUNTAIN FALLS...FALCON...CRYSTOLA...CHIPITA PARK...CALHAN...BLACK
FOREST AND AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN
INCH IN 20 MINUTES HAVE OCCURRED OVER NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS
SINCE 7 PM MDT AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THIS
AREA OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
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 3886 10506 3886 10502 3912 10502 3914 10457
3913 10405 3911 10403 3875 10404 3875 10493
3880 10493 3880 10505
$$6 follow-up statements
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WGUS75 KPUB 070221
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
821 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
COC041-070715-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080807T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
821 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 819 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COLORADO
SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...PEYTON...PALMER
LAKE...MONUMENT...CRYSTOLA...CALHAN...BLACK FOREST AND AIR FORCE
ACADEMY.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS UP TO 1 AND 1/2 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY SINCE 7 PM MDT.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS PROJECTED TO OCCUR OVER THIS AREA
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
LAT...LON 3886 10506 3886 10502 3912 10502 3914 10457
3913 10405 3911 10403 3875 10404 3875 10493
3880 10493 3880 10505
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 070254
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
854 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
COC041-070715-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080807T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
854 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 850 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING
OVER THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COLORADO
SPRINGS...PEYTON...PALMER LAKE...MONUMENT...GREEN MOUNTAIN
FALLS...FALCON...CRYSTOLA...CHIPITA PARK...CASCADE...CALHAN...BLACK
FOREST AND THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS UP TO 1 AND 1/2 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY SINCE 7 PM MDT.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS PROJECTED TO OCCUR OVER THIS AREA
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
LAT...LON 3886 10506 3886 10502 3912 10502 3914 10457
3913 10405 3911 10403 3875 10404 3875 10493
3880 10493 3880 10505
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 070357
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
957 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
COC041-070715-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080807T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
957 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 949 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER AND NEAR
THE WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO COLORADO
SPRINGS...PEYTON...MONUMENT...CRYSTOLA...CALHAN...BLACK
FOREST...PALMER LAKE AND THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL TOTALS UP TO 1 AND 1/2 INCHES
HAVE OCCURRED OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY SINCE 7 PM
MDT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS PROJECTED TO OCCUR OVER THIS
AREA DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
LAT...LON 3886 10506 3886 10502 3912 10502 3914 10457
3913 10405 3911 10403 3875 10404 3875 10493
3880 10493 3880 10505
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 070437
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1037 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
COC041-070715-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080807T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
1037 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 1032 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED
AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO YODER...
RUSH...PIKES PEAK...PEYTON...PALMER LAKE...MONUMENT...MANITOU
SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...FALCON...ELLICOTT...CRYSTOLA...
CHIPITA PARK...CASCADE...CALHAN...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY
AND COLORADO SPRINGS.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS UP TO 2.25 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY SINCE 7 PM MDT.
ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS PROJECTED TO OCCUR OVER THIS AREA
DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
LAT...LON 3886 10506 3886 10502 3912 10502 3914 10457
3913 10405 3911 10403 3875 10404 3875 10493
3880 10493 3880 10505
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 070525
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1125 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
COC041-070715-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080807T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
1125 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR
NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 1123 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE STORM CAPABLE PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING OVER THE
WARNED AREA.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PEYTON...
PALMER LAKE...MONUMENT...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...
FALCON...CRYSTOLA...CHIPITA PARK...CASCADE...CALHAN...BLACK FOREST...
AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND COLORADO SPRINGS.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAINFALL TOTALS NEARING 3 INCHES HAVE
OCCURRED OVER SECTIONS OF NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY SINCE 7 PM MDT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS PROJECTED TO OCCUR OVER THIS AREA DURING THE
NEXT FEW HOURS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
LAT...LON 3886 10506 3886 10502 3912 10502 3914 10457
3913 10405 3911 10403 3875 10404 3875 10493
3880 10493 3880 10505
$$000
WGUS75 KPUB 070553
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1153 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
COC041-070602-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-080807T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
1153 PM MDT WED AUG 6 2008
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN EL PASO
COUNTY...
LAT...LON 3886 10506 3886 10502 3912 10502 3914 10457
3913 10405 3911 10403 3875 10404 3875 10493
3880 10493 3880 10505
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 10:55 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 13 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 3 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.