Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Watches in 2012
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 4, 2012, 4:07 AM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado. It took effect at Jul 4, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 3 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 2012, 4:07 AM MDT (10:07 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 4, 2012, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 3:06 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Flood severity
- None
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:08 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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 3534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
287 WGUS65 KPUB 041007 FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 407 AM MDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR REGION AND DOWNSTREAM AREAS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MANITOU SPRINGS AND THE OLD COLORADO CITY REGION OF COLORADO SPRINGS... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THIS RAINFALL WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING WITHIN THE BURN SCAR REGION. ADDITIONALLY...ANY FLOOD WAVE OR DEBRIS FLOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE DOWN HIGHWAY 24 AFFECTING MANITOU SPRINGS AND OLD COLORADO CITY. IN ADDITION...CAMP CREEK RUNS THROUGH THE ENTIRE BURN SCAR REGION. ANY FLASH FLOODING WHICH OCCURS ALONG THIS CREEK WILL AFFECT WESTERN SECTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING OLD COLORADO CITY. COZ081-085-041815- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.A.0002.120704T1800Z-120705T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...COLORADO SPRINGS 407 AM MDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR AND AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURN SCAR...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MANITOU SPRINGS AND THE WESTERN SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING OLD COLORADO CITY. * FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING * RAINFALL OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR COULD CAUSE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS OVER THE BURN SCAR AND AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURN SCAR. * AREAS WHICH COULD SEE THE HIGHEST IMPACTS FROM THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EVENT INCLUDE THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR REGION FROM CASCADE TO INTERSTATE 25...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS AND THE WESTERN SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING OLD COLORADO CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ HODANISH/MOZLEY
2 follow-up statements
688 WGUS65 KPUB 041708 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1108 AM MDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR REGION AND DOWNSTREAM AREAS...INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO MANITOU SPRINGS AND THE OLD COLORADO CITY REGION OF COLORADO SPRINGS... .SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND COULD AFFECT THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR REGION. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM THROUGH 7 PM. THIS RAINFALL WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING WITHIN THE BURN SCAR REGION. ADDITIONALLY...ANY FLOOD WAVE OR DEBRIS FLOW WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO MOVE DOWN HIGHWAY 24 AFFECTING MANITOU SPRINGS AND OLD COLORADO CITY. CAMP CREEK WILL BE PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO FLASH FLOODING SHOULD SUFFICIENT RAINFALL OCCUR ON THE BURN SCAR. ANY FLASH FLOODING WHICH OCCURS ALONG THIS CREEK WILL AFFECT WESTERN SECTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING OLD COLORADO CITY. COZ081-085-050115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0002.120704T1800Z-120705T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...COLORADO SPRINGS 1108 AM MDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE. * UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING * RAINFALL OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR COULD CAUSE LIFE THREATENING FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS OVER THE BURN SCAR AND FOR AREAS DOWNSTREAM OF THE BURN SCAR. * AREAS WHICH COULD SEE THE HIGHEST IMPACTS FROM THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS EVENT INCLUDE THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR REGION FROM CASCADE TO INTERSTATE 25...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS AND THE WESTERN SIDE OF COLORADO SPRINGS...INCLUDING OLD COLORADO CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
249 WGUS65 KPUB 042106 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 306 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...FLASH FLOODING NO LONGER LIKELY ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR REGION... .DRIER AIR HAS MOVED INTO THE PIKES PEAK REGION...WHICH HAS DIMINISHED THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. ALTHOUGH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING...THE HEAVIER RAIN WILL LIKELY REMAIN SPOTTY...AND LESS LIKELY TO IMPACT THE BURN SCAR. COZ081-085-042215- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-120705T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...COLORADO SPRINGS 306 PM MDT WED JUL 4 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES IN AND NEAR THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING...THOUGH DRIER AIR OVER THE REGION IS EXPECTED TO KEEP PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS SPOTTY AND LIGHT. SOME LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE...THOUGH RAINFALL RATES SHOULD REMAIN BELOW THRESHOLDS FOR WIDESPREAD FLASH FLOODING ON THE BURN SCAR. GUSTY OUTFLOW WINDS UP TO 50 MPH MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THUNDERSTORMS. $$
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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.