Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 13, 2011, 10:35 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2011, 10:35 PM MDT (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2011, 1:08 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:38 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 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 171 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
- 856 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2153 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
829 WGUS55 KPUB 140435 FFWPUB COC041-140730- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0003.110714T0435Z-110714T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1035 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 130 AM MDT * AT 1033 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WITH THE COLORADO AIRPORT RECEIVING 1.89 INCHES OF RAINFALL OVER THE PAST HOUR. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB AND SECURITY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... SAND CREEK...JIMMY CAMP CREEK...FOUNTAIN CREEK...SPRING CREEK AND WILLIAMS CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3886 10460 3873 10460 3873 10475 3886 10476 $$
2 follow-up statements
100 WGUS75 KPUB 140520 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1120 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 COC041-140730- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110714T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1120 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 130 AM MDT... AT 1116 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING TO MOVE SLOWLY TO EAST NORTHEAST ACROSS CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...INCLUDING SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THE COLORADO SPRINGS AIRPORT RECORDED 2.04 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE PAST HOUR WITH DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OF BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES ACROSS THE SAME AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB AND SECURITY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...SAND CREEK...JIMMY CAMP CREEK...FOUNTAIN CREEK...SPRING CREEK AND WILLIAMS CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3886 10460 3873 10460 3873 10475 3886 10476 $$
869 WGUS75 KPUB 140708 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 108 AM MDT THU JUL 14 2011 COC041-140723- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110714T0730Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 108 AM MDT THU JUL 14 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO 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. 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 3886 10460 3873 10460 3873 10475 3886 10476 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 26 min |
| Jul 13, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Jul 13, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 55 min |
| Jul 13, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Jul 13, 7:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Jul 13, 7:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 8:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 22 min |
| Jul 13, 9:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Jul 14, 2:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 59 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.