Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2011, 3:07 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 82 min. 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 4, 2011, 3:07 PM MDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2011, 4:29 PM MDT
- In force
- 82 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 2131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
328
WGUS55 KPUB 042107
FFWPUB
COC119-050000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0016.110804T2107Z-110805T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
307 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 304 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES
HAVE FALLEN...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS
MOVE SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR.
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF
ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A
MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR
BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING
ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10517 3913 10509 3901 10514 3897 10533
3913 10533 3914 10532 3913 10518
$$2 follow-up statements
569
WGUS75 KPUB 042120
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
320 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011
COC119-050000-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELLER CO-
320 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER
COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT...
AT 317 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1.5 AND 2.5 INCHES HAVE
FALLEN...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE
SLOWLY TO THE NORTHEAST.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR.
THIS INCLUDES BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND
DRAINAGES...TURKEY CREEK...TROUT CREEK...WEST CREEK...TRAIL
CREEK...AND THE HAYMAN BURN SCAR.
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF
ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A
MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR
BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING
ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER.
LAT...LON 3913 10517 3913 10509 3901 10514 3897 10533
3913 10533 3914 10532 3913 10518
$$385
WGUS75 KPUB 042229
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
429 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011
COC119-042244-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-110805T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELLER CO-
429 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER
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.
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY VEGETATION...RUNS OFF
ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A
MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR
BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...RESULTING IN MUD FLOWS AND FALLING
ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO.
&&
LAT...LON 3913 10517 3913 10509 3901 10514 3897 10533
3913 10533 3914 10532 3913 10518
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 54 min |
| Aug 4, 4:36 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano, Las Animas, Teller | 15 hr |
| Aug 4, 12:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Aug 4, 1:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 3:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 112 min |
| Aug 4, 4:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 4:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 115 min |
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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.