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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2012, 5:37 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 2012, 5:37 PM MDT (23:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2012, 8:30 PM 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), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:37 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 6:17 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.75 | Cascade, CO | PUBLIC REPORT OF 1.75 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 530 PM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 36 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -260 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2058 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
548
WGUS55 KPUB 302337
FFWPUB
COC041-310230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0008.120730T2337Z-120731T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
537 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 830 PM MDT
* AT 536 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. QUICK RAINFALLS OF ONE INCH OR MORE COULD OCCUR ON
THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR.
* 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 GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN
CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING OAK
VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...CAMP CREEK...INCLUDING
QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST STREET
CHANNEL...WALDO CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS...WELLINGTON
GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...SAND GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA
PARK...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR FORCE
ACADEMY...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND ROCKRIMMON
SUBDIVISIONS...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN
SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK AND WILLIAMS
CANYON...INCLUDING 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...
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 3892 10484 3887 10493 3891 10500 3894 10503
3894 10496 3896 10491
$$4 follow-up statements
026
WGUS75 KPUB 302351
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
551 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
COC041-310230-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120731T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
551 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT...
AT 550 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HEAVY
RAIN WAS FALLING ACROSS UTE PASS. ONE INCH RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE
PROBABLE. A SPOTTER IN THE CASCADE AREA REPORTED 1/2 INCH OF RAIN
WITH HEAVY RAIN STILL FALLING.
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 GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN
CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING OAK
VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...CAMP CREEK...INCLUDING
QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST STREET
CHANNEL...WALDO CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS...WELLINGTON
GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...SAND GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA
PARK...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR FORCE
ACADEMY...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND ROCKRIMMON
SUBDIVISIONS...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN
SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK AND WILLIAMS
CANYON...INCLUDING 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.
LAT...LON 3892 10484 3887 10493 3891 10500 3894 10503
3894 10496 3896 10491
$$026
WGUS75 KPUB 310005
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
605 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
COC041-310230-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120731T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
605 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT...
AT 604 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP
TO ONE INCH OF RAINFALL HAS BEEN ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR ACROSS
UTE PASS.
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 GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...FOUNTAIN
CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING OAK
VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...CAMP CREEK...INCLUDING
QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST STREET
CHANNEL...WALDO CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS...WELLINGTON
GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...SAND GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA
PARK...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR FORCE
ACADEMY...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND ROCKRIMMON
SUBDIVISIONS...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN
SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK AND WILLIAMS
CANYON...INCLUDING 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.
LAT...LON 3892 10484 3887 10493 3891 10500 3894 10503
3894 10496 3896 10491
$$457
WGUS75 KPUB 310038
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
638 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
COC041-310230-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120731T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
638 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT...
AT 633 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED SOME IN INTENSITY ACROSS SOUTHERN AND
EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. HOWEVER...WATER WAS
RUSHING DOWN GULCHES AND CANYONS.
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 GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS.
THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF MUDSLIDES AROUND THE SOUTHERN
AND EASTERN PERIMETER OF THE BURN SCAR. US HIGHWAY 24 WAS CLOSED
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 292 AND 294 WEST OF CASCADE DUE TO A MUD SLIDE.
THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF VEHICLES BEING SWEPT OFF THE HIGHWAY IN
THAT AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
FOUNTAIN CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING OAK
VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...CAMP CREEK...INCLUDING
QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST STREET
CHANNEL...WALDO CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS...WELLINGTON
GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...SAND GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA
PARK...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR FORCE
ACADEMY...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND ROCKRIMMON
SUBDIVISIONS...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN SHADOWS...
HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK AND WILLIAMS CANYON...
INCLUDING 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.
LAT...LON 3892 10484 3887 10493 3891 10500 3894 10503
3894 10496 3896 10491
$$472
WGUS75 KPUB 310122
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
722 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
COC041-310230-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120731T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
722 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT...
AT 715 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT RAINFALL HAD ENDED ACROSS THE SOUTHERN AND WESTERN SECTIONS OF
THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. RAINFALL REPORTS OF 2/3 OF AN INCH TO
ONE INCH WAS REPORTED IN THESE AREAS.
THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL HAS CAUSED FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR IN AREAS
SUCH AS...WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND
GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS.
AT 720 PM...SOUTH DOUGLAS DRAINAGE...AND CAMP CREEK DRAINAGE WERE
NOT FLOODING.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
FOUNTAIN CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING OAK
VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...CAMP CREEK...INCLUDING
QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST STREET
CHANNEL...WALDO CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS...WELLINGTON
GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...SAND GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA
PARK...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR FORCE
ACADEMY...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND ROCKRIMMON
SUBDIVISIONS...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN SHADOWS...
HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK AND WILLIAMS CANYON...
INCLUDING 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.
LAT...LON 3892 10484 3887 10493 3891 10500 3894 10503
3894 10496 3896 10491
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 2:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 105 min |
| Jul 30, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| Jul 30, 5:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 44 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.