Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2010
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2010, 4:09 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 outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2010, 4:09 PM MDT (22:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2010, 6:46 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:12 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 302 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -320 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 829 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 190 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
379
WGUS55 KPUB 092209
FFWPUB
COC071-100100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0002.100609T2209Z-100610T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
409 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT
* AT 407 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH THIS
STORM.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AGUILAR AND GULNARE. THE FOLLOWING CREEK AND ARROYO BASINS ARE
AFFECTED BY THIS STORM...APISHAPA RIVER AND DEL AAGUA ARROYO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
&&
LAT...LON 3732 10477 3740 10476 3743 10470 3745 10470
3747 10469 3752 10453 3727 10440
$$4 follow-up statements
991
WGUS75 KPUB 092242
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
442 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010
COC071-100100-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100610T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
442 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM MDT...
AT 439 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THREE
INCHES OF RAIN HAS LIKELY FALLEN WITH THIS STORM. THE MAIN BASINS
WHICH HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS STORM ARE APISHAPA RIVER AND DEL
AGUA ARROYO. THE HEAVIES RAIN HAS FALLEN TO THE WEST OF THE
INTERSTATE. THE STORM WHICH IS CAUSING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS CROSSING
THE INTERSTATE 25 AT AROUND MILE MARKER 27 AT 441 PM.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR.
LAT...LON 3732 10477 3740 10476 3743 10470 3745 10470
3747 10469 3752 10453 3727 10440
$$173
WGUS75 KPUB 092309
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
509 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010
COC071-100100-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100610T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
509 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM MDT...
AT 505 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED THE HEAVY RAIN HAS WEAKENED. BUT RUNOFF
FROM THE STORM LIKELY CONTINUES OVER THE WARNING AREA.
BASINS WHICH WERE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM WERE APISHAPA RIVER AND DEL
AGUA ARROYO. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAIN FELL WEST OF INTERSTATE 25.
MAXIMUM RAINFALL AMOUNTS RANGED BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES. AREAS SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST OF AGUILAR RECEIVED THE HEAVIEST RAIN.
LAT...LON 3732 10477 3740 10476 3743 10470 3745 10470
3747 10469 3752 10453 3727 10440
$$651
WGUS75 KPUB 100010
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
610 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010
COC071-100100-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100610T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
610 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY UNTIL 700 PM MDT...
AT 603 PM MDT...RUN OFF FROM HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER THIS
AFTERNOON WILL CONTINUE IN AN AREA WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 CENTERED
AROUND 4 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF AGUILAR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED
AROUND TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN FELL ACROSS THIS AREA THROUGH 430
PM. ALTHOUGH RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...CREEKS AND
ARROYOS...SUCH AS THE DEL AGUA ARROYO AND THE APISHAPA RIVER...WILL
CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH WITH WATER UNTIL THE WATER RECEDES.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...THE APISHAPA
RIVER AND THE DEL AGUA ARROYO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3732 10477 3740 10476 3743 10470 3745 10470
3747 10469 3752 10453 3727 10440
$$525
WGUS75 KPUB 100046
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
646 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010
COC071-100101-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-100610T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
646 PM MDT WED JUN 9 2010
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS
ANIMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3732 10477 3740 10476 3743 10470 3745 10470
3747 10469 3752 10453 3727 10440
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 8, 8:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Jun 9, 1:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 56 min |
| Jun 9, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 58 min |
| Jun 9, 3:10 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 8 more | 29 hr |
| Jun 9, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 63 min |
| Jun 9, 3:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jun 9, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 27 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.