Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2011, 9:28 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 13 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, 9:28 PM MDT (03:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2011, 12:30 AM 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), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:31 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, 9:31 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.72 | 5 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Sep 14, 9:31 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.81 | Falcon, CO | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Sep 14, 9:31 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.86 | 6 E Colorado Springs, CO | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Sep 14, 9:53 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.18 | 6 E Colorado Springs, CO | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Sep 14, 9:53 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 4.17 | 3 W Falcon, CO | WOODMEN AND MARKSCHEFFEL |
| Sep 14, 10:04 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.72 | 5 N Colorado Springs, CO | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Sep 14, 10:05 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 7 Se Colorado Springs, CO | 8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER THE ROAD AT SECURITY BOULEVARD AND MAIN STREET IN SECURITY. |
| Sep 14, 10:23 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.4 | 5 Ne Colorado Springs, CO | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Sep 14, 10:30 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.4 | Security, CO | |
| Sep 14, 10:30 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.69 | 4 Sw Falcon, CO | MARKSHEFFEL AND CAREFREE |
| Sep 14, 10:38 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.05 | 5 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Sep 14, 10:38 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.4 | 6 E Colorado Springs, CO | UPDATED TOTAL |
| Sep 14, 10:44 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3 | Falcon, CO | UPDATED TOTAL |
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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 593 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
201 WGUS55 KPUB 150328 FFWPUB COC041-119-150630- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0019.110915T0328Z-110915T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 928 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 1230 AM MDT * AT 922 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER THE WARNED AREA AND TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN. UP TO AN INCH MORE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1230 AM MDT. * 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. 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. FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR FOUNTAIN IS ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING...WITH FLOODING OF LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS ALONG THE RIVER OCCURRING. THE FLOOD WAVE ON THE FOUNTAIN IS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...TOWARD PUEBLO COUNTY...WHERE WATER LEVELS IN THE FOUNTAIN WILL BE ON THE RISE LATER THIS EVENING. 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN AROUND... DONT DROWN! && LAT...LON 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517 3912 10433 $$
3 follow-up statements
259 WGUS75 KPUB 150437 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1037 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011 COC041-119-150630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110915T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 1037 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO AND NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1026 PM MDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 2 TO AS MUCH AS 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO 1 INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1230 AM MDT. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA. AT 1005 PM MDT...8 INCHES OF WATER WAS FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF SECURITY BOULEVARD AND MAIN STREET IN SECURITY. FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR FOUNTAIN IS ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING...WITH FLOODING OF LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS ALONG THE RIVER OCCURRING. THE FLOOD WAVE ON THE FOUNTAIN IS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INTO PUEBLO COUNTY...WHERE WATER LEVELS WILL BE ON THE RISE OVERNIGHT. A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR FOUNTAIN CREEK IN PUEBLO COUNTY. NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY ARE UNDER POOLED WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...WITH DEEP 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517 3912 10433 $$
445 WGUS75 KPUB 150544 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1144 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011 COC041-119-150630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110915T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 1144 PM MDT WED SEP 14 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO AND NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1140 PM MDT..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. WEATHER SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED 2 TO MORE THAN 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA THIS EVENING...INCLUDING OVER 4 INCHES OF RAIN AT THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1/2 INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1230 AM MDT. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 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. NUMEROUS REPORTS OF FLASH FLOODING HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY LOCAL BROADCAST MEDIA. AT 1005 PM MDT...8 INCHES OF WATER WAS FLOWING OVER THE ROADWAY AT THE INTERSECTION OF SECURITY BOULEVARD AND MAIN STREET IN SECURITY. FOUNTAIN CREEK NEAR FOUNTAIN IS ABOVE MINOR FLOOD STAGE WITH FLOODING OF LOWLAND AGRICULTURAL AREAS ALONG THE RIVER OCCURRING. THE FLOOD WAVE ON THE FOUNTAIN IS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY...INTO PUEBLO COUNTY...WHERE WATER LEVELS WILL BE ON THE RISE OVERNIGHT. A FLOOD WARNING IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR THE FOUNTAIN CREEK IN PUEBLO COUNTY. NUMEROUS INTERSECTIONS ACROSS EL PASO COUNTY ARE UNDER POOLED WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH...WITH DEEP 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517 3912 10433 $$
404 WGUS75 KPUB 150635 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1235 AM MDT THU SEP 15 2011 COC041-119-150644- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110915T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 1235 AM MDT THU SEP 15 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO AND NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTIES WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1230 AM MDT... ...A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 330 AM... RAPID RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS SLOWED DOWN OVER THE WARNED AREA. CONSEQUENTLY...THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED. HOWEVER...STREAMS...CREEKS AND ROADS ACROSS WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY ARE STILL FLOODING SO A FLOOD WARNING WILL BE IN EFFECT THROUGH 330 AM MDT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. PLEASE SEE THE FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY FOR MORE INFORMATION. LAT...LON 3852 10443 3852 10486 3912 10517 3912 10433 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 7:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 2 hr |
| Sep 14, 7:43 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 13 hr |
| Sep 14, 10:07 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 21 hr |
| Sep 15, 12:26 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:26 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 28 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:24 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 100 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011
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.