Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Jul 30, 2012, 10:02 PM MDT (04:02 UTC)

Expired

Jul 31, 2012, 12:00 AM MDT

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County El Paso County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

035 
WGUS55 KPUB 310402
FFWPUB
COC041-310600-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0012.120731T0402Z-120731T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1002 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT

* AT 955 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS AND NEAR THE 
  WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY
  STAY BELOW 1/4 INCH...BUT THE RAIN WILL FALL OVER ALREADY    
  SATURATED GROUND.

* THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS
  EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME
  LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO
  SPRINGS...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND MANITOU SPRINGS.

JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND
VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND
DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN
ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...
SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED
OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UNDER 1/4 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3893 10484 3885 10488 3885 10492 3892 10502
      3899 10499 3897 10490

$$

907 
WGUS75 KPUB 310434
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1034 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

COC041-310600-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0012.000000T0000Z-120731T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
1034 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT...

AT 1032 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY 
HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE SPOTTER IN THE WALDO 
CANYON BURN SCAR REPORTED AN ADDITIONAL 0.47 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN 
THE LAST HALF HOUR.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS
THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE...
CHIPITA PARK AND MANITOU SPRINGS.

THE SOILS IN THE BURN SCAR WILL CONTINUE TO BE UNSTABLE...WHICH CAN 
RESULT IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE 
FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF YOU 
ARE IN A FLOOD PRONE AREA. FLOODING AT NIGHT CAN BE ESPECIALLY 
DANGEROUS...DO NOT DRIVE INTO WATER COVERED ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 3893 10484 3885 10488 3885 10492 3892 10502
      3899 10499 3897 10490

$$


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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.