Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2011, 5:11 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Pueblo 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
- Aug 2, 2011, 5:11 PM MDT (23:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2011, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:12 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 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 1845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
086 WGUS55 KPUB 022311 FFWPUB COC055-101-030200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0008.110802T2311Z-110803T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 511 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 507 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...PUEBLO WEST...PUEBLO RESERVOIR...BLENDE AND PINON. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN CREEK...CHICO CREEK...ARKANSAS RIVER...SAINT CHARLES RIVER...HUERFANO RIVER...GREENHORN CREEK...CUCHARAS RIVER...RED CREEK...WILD HORSE CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 3851 10438 3790 10439 3782 10495 3852 10491 $$
3 follow-up statements
597 WGUS75 KPUB 030004 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 604 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011 COC055-101-030200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110803T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-PUEBLO CO- 604 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 557 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IS EXPECTED. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...PUEBLO WEST...PUEBLO RESERVOIR...BLENDE AND PINON. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN CREEK...CHICO CREEK...ARKANSAS RIVER...SAINT CHARLES RIVER...HUERFANO RIVER...GREENHORN CREEK...CUCHARAS RIVER...RED CREEK...WILD HORSE CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3851 10438 3790 10439 3782 10495 3852 10491 $$
649 WGUS75 KPUB 030114 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 714 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011 COC055-101-030200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110803T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-PUEBLO CO- 714 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT... AT 711 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH NEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IS EXPECTED THROUGH 8 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...PUEBLO WEST...PUEBLO RESERVOIR...BLENDE AND PINON. THIS INCLUDES...BUT IS NOT LIMITED TO...THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN CREEK...CHICO CREEK...ARKANSAS RIVER...SAINT CHARLES RIVER...HUERFANO RIVER...GREENHORN CREEK...CUCHARAS RIVER...RED CREEK...WILD HORSE CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3851 10438 3790 10439 3782 10495 3852 10491 $$
419 WGUS75 KPUB 030200 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 800 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011 COC055-101-030215- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-110803T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-PUEBLO CO- 800 PM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO AND NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3851 10438 3790 10439 3782 10495 3852 10491 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 3:49 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso and 9 more | 23 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Teller | 102 min |
| Aug 2, 3:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Teller | 82 min |
| Aug 2, 4:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 59 min |
Nearby
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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.