Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Sep 14, 2011, 7:28 PM MDT (01:28 UTC)

Expired

Sep 14, 2011, 9:30 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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
728 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 930 PM MDT

* AT 724 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  THAT SHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...CONTINUED TO TRACK ACROSS THE WARNED   
  AREA. 2 TO 2.75 OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE          
  AREA...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A HALF INCH OR MORE POSSIBLE    
  THROUGH 930 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.

THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES AND EXTENDS THE PREVIOUS WARNING 
THAT WAS IN EFFECT.

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...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR
IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...
DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING
STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3912 10433 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517

$$

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WGUS75 KPUB 150235
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
835 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011

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TELLER CO-EL PASO CO-
835 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO AND
NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM MDT...

AT 826 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
A NEW ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING INTO THE AREA.  RAINFALL 
AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER MUCH OF THE WARNED 
AREA.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH OR MORE WILL BE 
POSSIBLE WITH THE NEW ROUND OF STORMS THROUGH 930 PM MDT.

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.

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.

THE FLOOD WAVE HAS MOVED DOWNSTREAM TO THE FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR 
FOUNTAIN...WHERE THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE ABOVE MINOR FLOOD 
STAGE THIS EVENING...FLOODING LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS ALONG THE 
RIVER.  

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...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON
FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE.

IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH
ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3912 10433 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517

$$

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