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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2011, 7:24 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 84 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
- Jul 28, 2011, 7:24 PM MDT (01:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2011, 8:48 PM MDT
- In force
- 84 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 2987 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
044 WGUS55 KPUB 290124 FFWPUB COC041-290430- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0005.110729T0124Z-110729T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 724 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 1030 PM MDT * AT 723 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AND AROUND ELLICOTT. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ELLICOTT AND YODER. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...BIG SPRINGS CREEK...POND CREEK...BRACKETT CREEK...CHICO CREEK AND WEST BRANCH STEELS FORK HORSE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3889 10420 3865 10422 3865 10451 3890 10450 $$
2 follow-up statements
282 WGUS75 KPUB 290211 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 811 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 COC041-290430- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110729T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 811 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM MDT... AT 811 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAD DIMINISHED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ELLICOTT AND YODER. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...BIG SPRINGS CREEK...POND CREEK...BRACKETT CREEK AND CHICO CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3889 10420 3865 10422 3865 10451 3890 10450 $$
617 WGUS75 KPUB 290248 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 848 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011 COC041-290302- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110729T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 848 PM MDT THU JUL 28 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...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3889 10420 3865 10422 3865 10451 3890 10450 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 59 min |
| Jul 28, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 62 min |
| Jul 28, 7:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:01 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 17 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.