Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2011, 4:32 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 24 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
- Sep 14, 2011, 4:32 PM MDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 14, 2011, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 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), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:47 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.15 | 4 W Ellicott, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:00 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.11 | 4 Ssw Black Forest, CO | 1.76 INCHES IN PAST 2 HOURS... |
| Sep 14, 5:25 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.1 | 2 Wnw Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:30 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | NEWS VIDEO AT DATE AND SIFRED STREETS HAD FAST FLOWING WATER OVER ROADWAYS WITH A STALLED CAR. |
| Sep 14, 5:31 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | Manitou Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:31 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.25 | 5 Ne Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:31 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.53 | 8 N Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:31 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.54 | 5 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:31 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.69 | 6 E Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:31 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.31 | Falcon, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:32 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 5 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | E-SPOTTER REPORT |
| Sep 14, 5:37 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.47 | 3 S Monument, CO | |
| Sep 14, 5:37 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.82 | 4 Nne Colorado Springs, CO | SINCE 215 PM... |
| Sep 14, 6:37 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.06 | 8 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:20 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.56 | 5 Ne Air Force Academy, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:20 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.19 | 2 Nne Security, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:36 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.17 | Sw Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:36 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.19 | Monument, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:36 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.24 | Manitou Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:36 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.63 | Fountain, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:36 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 5 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:36 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.02 | 6 E Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:36 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.22 | 12 N Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Sep 14, 7:36 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.6 | Falcon, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
200 WGUS55 KPUB 142232 FFWPUB COC041-119-150130- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0017.110914T2232Z-110915T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 432 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 730 PM MDT * AT 424 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ANOTHER 1 INCH OR MORE OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK FOREST...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...ELLICOTT...FALCON...FOUNTAIN...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...MANITOU SPRINGS...MONUMENT...PALMER LAKE... PETERSON AFB...PEYTON...SCHRIEVER AFB...SECURITY AND WOODLAND PARK. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK AND ALL SMALLER TRIBUTARIES TO THESE CREEKS. FOUNTAIN CREEK WAS ALREADY REPORTED AT BANKFULL LEVELS NEAR INTERSTATE 25 AND SOUTH ACADEMY...SOUTH OF COLORADO SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND LOWLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS LIKELY DEEPER AND MORE FORCEFUL THAN YOU EXPECT. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY YOUR VEHICLE AWAY...OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. && LAT...LON 3912 10433 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517 $$
2 follow-up statements
704 WGUS75 KPUB 142352 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 552 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011 COC041-119-150130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110915T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 552 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO AND NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT... AT 539 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS. ANOTHER INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM MDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK FOREST...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...ELLICOTT...FALCON...FOUNTAIN...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...MANITOU SPRINGS...MONUMENT...PALMER LAKE...PETERSON AFB...PEYTON...SCHRIEVER AFB...SECURITY AND WOODLAND PARK. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...INCLUDING DEEP...RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD AT DATE AND SIFRED STREETS...NEAR AUSTIN BLUFFS AND ACADEMY...WITH WATER HALF WAY UP THE DOOR OF AN ABANDON VEHICLE. IN ADDITION...FOUNTAIN CREEK AT NEVADA AVENUE IN COLORADO SPRINGS IS ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE...WITH MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLANDS ALONG THE RIVER OCCURRING. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...AND ALL TRIBUTARY STREAMS. LAT...LON 3912 10433 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517 $$
068 WGUS75 KPUB 150040 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 640 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011 COC041-119-150130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-110915T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 640 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO AND NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT... AT 629 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO NEARLY 2.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE AREA. ANOTHER 1/2 INCH OF RAIN OR MORE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 730 PM MDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK FOREST...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...ELLICOTT...FALCON...FOUNTAIN...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...MANITOU SPRINGS...MONUMENT...PALMER LAKE...PETERSON AFB...PEYTON...SCHRIEVER AFB...SECURITY AND WOODLAND PARK. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA...INCLUDING DEEP...RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD AT DATE AND SIFRED STREETS...NEAR AUSTIN BLUFFS AND ACADEMY...WITH WATER HALF WAY UP THE DOOR OF AN ABANDON VEHICLE. IN ADDITION...FOUNTAIN CREEK AT NEVADA AVENUE IN COLORADO SPRINGS IS NEAR MINOR FLOOD STAGE...WITH MINOR FLOODING OF LOWLANDS ALONG THE RIVER OCCURRING. MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING THE AREA NEAR THE CONFLUENCE WITH FOUNTAIN CREEK...IS ALSO FLOWING AT BANKFULL LEVELS...WITH SOME MINOR OVERBANK FLOW OCCURRING. NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS ARE UNDER POOLED WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH... WITH FLOWING WATER IN SOME CASES. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...AND ALL TRIBUTARY STREAMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...ROADS AND LOWLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS WILL BE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER IS LIKELY DEEPER AND MORE FORCEFUL THAN YOU EXPECT. AS LITTLE AS 6 INCHES OF FLOWING WATER CAN CARRY YOUR VEHICLE AWAY...OUT OF YOUR CONTROL. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. LAT...LON 3912 10433 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 102 min |
| Sep 14, 4:54 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 4 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.