Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2012, 6:20 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 30, 2012, 6:20 PM MDT (00:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2012, 8:21 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 174 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -163 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1672 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
662
WGUS55 KPUB 310020
FFWPUB
COC041-310230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0009.120731T0020Z-120731T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
620 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 618 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. RAINFALLS OVER ONE INCH WILL BE LIKELY ACROSS PARTS OF
THE AIR FORCE ACADEMY...WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS GENERALLY WEST OF
I-25.
* 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...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND MANITOU SPRINGS.
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE WALDO CANYON
BURN SCAR IN UTE PASS...AND ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF COLORADO
SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
PINE CREEK...FOUNTAIN CREEK...DEADMANS CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...
CHEYENNE CREEK...SHOOKS RUN...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING OAK
VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...
KETTLE CREEK...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR
FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...CAMP CREEK...INCLUDING QUEENS
CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST STREET
CHANNEL...CABIN CREEK...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND
ROCKRIMMON SUBDIVISIONS...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN
SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK...WILLIAMS
CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS AND SOUTH CHEYENNE CREEK.
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 3902 10473 3880 10482 3879 10492 3887 10493
3892 10484 3896 10491 3902 10491
$$3 follow-up statements
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WGUS75 KPUB 310045
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
645 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
COC041-310230-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120731T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
645 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT...
AT 642 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF
THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING NORTH CHEYENNE CANYON...THE SKYWAY
SUBDIVISION...AND THE BROADMOOR AREA.
THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE
RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT
WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE
ACADEMY AND MANITOU SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
PINE CREEK...FOUNTAIN CREEK...DEADMANS CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...
CHEYENNE CREEK...SHOOKS RUN...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING OAK
VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...
KETTLE CREEK...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR
FORCE ACADEMY...BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...CAMP CREEK...INCLUDING QUEENS
CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST STREET
CHANNEL...CABIN CREEK...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND
ROCKRIMMON SUBDIVISIONS...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN
SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK...WILLIAMS
CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS AND SOUTH CHEYENNE CREEK.
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 3902 10473 3880 10482 3879 10492 3887 10493
3892 10484 3896 10491 3902 10491
$$890
WGUS75 KPUB 310133
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
733 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
COC041-310230-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120731T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
733 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL 830 PM MDT...
AT 729 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS NORTHWEST COLORADO SPRINGS...BUT A FEW
LIGHT SHOWERS MAY MOVE THROUGH THAT AREA THROUGH 830 PM.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED HIGH WATER AND SOME FLOODING
INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND MANITOU SPRINGS.
AT 730 PM...SPOTTERS REPORT NO FLOODING IN DOUGLAS CREEK DRAINAGE
AND CAMP CREEK DRAINAGE.
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 3902 10473 3880 10482 3879 10492 3887 10493
3892 10484 3896 10491 3902 10491
$$848 WGUS75 KPUB 310221 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 821 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 COC041-310229- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-120731T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 821 PM MDT MON JUL 30 2012 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS ISSUED AT 537 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... HOWEVER...A NEW FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR THE ENTIRE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR AND ADJACENT TOWNS AND NEIGHBORHOODS UNTIL 10 PM MDT...DUE TO MORE RAINFALL ACROSS THE BURN SCAR. LAT...LON 3902 10473 3880 10482 3879 10492 3887 10493 3892 10484 3896 10491 3902 10491 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jul 30, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 58 min |
| Jul 30, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 59 min |
| Jul 30, 8:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 114 min |
| Jul 30, 9:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 10:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 118 min |
| Jul 30, 11:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 1:54 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 12:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 2:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Jul 31, 2:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 112 min |
| Jul 31, 2:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 18 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.