Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2009
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 24, 2009, 1:54 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 107 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 2009, 1:54 PM MDT (19:54 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 2009, 3:41 PM MDT
- In force
- 107 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 2:50 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 W Colorado Springs, CO | WATER UP TO THE WINDOWS OF A CAR AT S WALNUT ST AND W CUCHARRAS ST |
| May 24, 3:15 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.54 | 3 Sw Colorado Springs, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 181 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
- 531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 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 241954 FFWPUB COC041-242245- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0004.090524T1954Z-090524T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 154 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... THIS INCLUDES SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS... * UNTIL 445 PM MDT * AT 151 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA. * THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS...DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED IN WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS EXPECTED IN THAT AREA. THE WARNED AREA INCLUDES BEAR CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK AND FOUNTAIN CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3891 10487 3892 10477 3872 10483 3871 10493 $$
3 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KPUB 242024 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 224 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2009 COC041-242245- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090524T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 224 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 217 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING OVER THE WARNED AREA. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT RAIN TOTALS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED OVER WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A HALF INCH OR LESS IS EXPECTED BY 3 PM. THIS WARNING INCLUDES CHEYENNE CREEK...BEAR CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK AND FOUNTAIN CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN OR CLOSE TO THE WARNED AREA GO TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. PEOPLE ALONG CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR STILL WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH ON FOOT OR BY VEHICLE. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF WATER MAY CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE...AND 2 FEET OF RUSHING WATER CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES...INCLUDING SUVS AND PICKUPS. NEARLY HALF OF ALL FLOOD FATALITIES ARE VEHICLE RELATED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF YOU DRIVE INTO WATER THAT IS TOO DEEP...BACK UP. IF YOU ENCOUNTER A ROAD BARRIER IN FRONT OF WATER ON THE ROAD...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3891 10487 3892 10477 3872 10483 3871 10493 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 242059 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 259 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2009 COC041-242245- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090524T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 259 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2009 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 255 PM MDT...CREEKS AND DRAINAGES IN WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS CONTINUE RUNNING HIGH AND FAST FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER IN THE AREA. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 4 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH 4 PM. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WEST CENTRAL COLORADO SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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 3891 10487 3892 10477 3872 10483 3871 10493 $$
000 WGUS75 KPUB 242141 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 341 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2009 COC041-242151- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-090524T2245Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 341 PM MDT SUN MAY 24 2009 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... LAT...LON 3891 10487 3892 10477 3872 10483 3871 10493 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 1:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.