Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2011, 5:17 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report 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
- Aug 3, 2011, 5:17 PM MDT (23:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2011, 7:24 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:19 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 5:29 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Woodland Park, CO | 6 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS HIGHWAY 67 IN SEVERAL SPOTS. FOUNTAIN CREEK FLOWING FAST. |
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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1190 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
071
WGUS55 KPUB 032317
FFWPUB
COC041-119-040200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0014.110803T2317Z-110804T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
517 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
* AT 512 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAGES WERE
REPORTING RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WOODLAND PARK AND MOVE INTO THE WESTERN
PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED
SOIL WILL LEAD TO RAPID RUN OFF AND FLASH FLOODING. LOCAL AREAS
MAY RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL WITH THESE STORMS.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK...
CRYSTOLA...DIVIDE...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...MANITOU SPRINGS...
MONUMENT...PALMER LAKE...PIKES PEAK AND WOODLAND PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN
CREEK...TROUT CREEK...AND MONUMENT CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...
COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND
OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10480 3873 10480 3875 10504 3899 10529
3907 10508 3912 10507
$$3 follow-up statements
595
WGUS75 KPUB 040007
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
607 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011
COC041-119-040200-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110804T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
607 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO AND
NORTHERN TELLER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT...
AT 603 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. AT
600 PM...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED THESE WEAKENING STORMS OVER
MANITOU. PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR WAS STILL INDICATING RAINFALL RATES
OF UP TO 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH PER HOUR WITH THESE STORMS WHICH COULD
CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING SPOTS IN THE AREA.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...THE
WEST SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE
ACADEMY...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...DIVIDE...GREEN
MOUNTAIN FALLS...MANITOU SPRINGS...PIKES PEAK AND WOODLAND PARK.
AROUND 530 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED 6 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS
HIGHWAY 67 IN LOW SPOTS NEAR WOODLAND PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
FOUNTAIN CREEK...TROUT CREEK...AND MONUMENT CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10480 3873 10480 3875 10504 3899 10529
3907 10508 3912 10507
$$035
WGUS75 KPUB 040040
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
640 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011
COC041-119-040200-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110804T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
640 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO AND
NORTHERN TELLER COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT...
AT 636 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN A TENTH OF
AN INCH THROUGH 730 PM. PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE AREA FROM STORM THUNDERSTORMS
EARLIER THIS EVENING.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
CONTINUE IN LOW SPOTS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT COULD EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...DIVIDE...GREEN
MOUNTAIN FALLS...MANITOU SPRINGS...PIKES PEAK AND WOODLAND PARK.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
FOUNTAIN CREEK...TROUT CREEK...AND MONUMENT CREEK.
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 3913 10480 3873 10480 3875 10504 3899 10529
3907 10508 3912 10507
$$729
WGUS75 KPUB 040124
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
724 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011
COC041-119-040140-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-110804T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
724 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL
PASO AND NORTHERN TELLER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3913 10480 3873 10480 3875 10504 3899 10529
3907 10508 3912 10507
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 56 min |
| Aug 2, 6:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas, Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 8:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 9:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 5 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:20 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 78 min |
| Aug 3, 5:26 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo, Teller | 16 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 62 min |
| Aug 3, 3:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 4:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo, Saguache | 3 hr |
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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.