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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2012, 5:55 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 112 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 8, 2012, 5:55 PM MDT (23:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2012, 7:47 PM MDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 162 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 635 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
060 WGUS55 KPUB 082355 FFWPUB COC041-090300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0003.120708T2355Z-120709T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 555 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 553 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL ACROSS CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...BLACK FOREST AND FALCON. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...MONUMENT CREEK...BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...AND KETTLE CREEK. THE HEAVY RAINFALL DID NOT IMPACT THE WALDO CANYON WILDFIRE BURN SCAR...SO THAT AREA IS NOT INCLUDED IN THIS FLASH FLOOD WARNING. 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. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3907 10463 3885 10460 3883 10483 3906 10487 $$ STARK
2 follow-up statements
818 WGUS75 KPUB 090028 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 628 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 COC041-090300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120709T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 628 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT... AT 625 PM MDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...HOWEVER RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS CONTINUES TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...BLACK FOREST AND FALCON. TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A PEDESTRIAN WALKWAY UNDER 18 INCHES OF WATER ON COTTONWOOD CREEK AT RANGEWOOD DRIVE. SAND CREEK WAS REPORTED TO BE NEAR BANKFUL. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...MONUMENT CREEK...SAND CREEK...SPRING CREEK...FOUNTAIN CREEK...SHOOKS RUN...BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...KETTLE CREEK...AND BURGESS CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM CULVERTS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES. && LAT...LON 3907 10463 3885 10460 3883 10483 3906 10487 $$ STARK
884 WGUS75 KPUB 090147 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 747 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 COC041-090202- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120709T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 747 PM MDT SUN JUL 8 2012 ...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. LAT...LON 3907 10463 3885 10460 3883 10483 3906 10487 $$ STARK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 4:20 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 19 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 29 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.