Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Watches in 2012
Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 7, 2012, 4:55 AM MDT for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 7, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 2012, 4:55 AM MDT (10:55 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 7, 2012, 9:00 AM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2012, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 10 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:56 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 3414 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
878 WGUS65 KPUB 071055 FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 455 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY... .A MOIST MONSOONAL FLOW WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY. THE AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE THE WALDO CANYON FIRE SCAR...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS. COZ060-061-065>068-081-084-085-071900- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.A.0003.120707T1500Z-120708T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...WOODLAND PARK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 455 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO INCLUDING THE WALDO CANYON FIRE SCAR...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS. * FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 3 AM MDT SUNDAY * A MOIST MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME WILL TRACK OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY. MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE PLUME WILL RANGE FROM 150 TO 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS MAY TRAIN...OR REPEATEDLY TRACK OVER THE SAME LOCATION...EXACERBATING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. * THE WALDO CANYON FIRE SCAR WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE AS WILL ANY OTHER BURN SCARS ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO. THESE AREAS WILL SEE RAPID RUNOFF OF WATER RESULTING FROM HYPER PHOBIC SOILS AND VEGETATION LOSSES THAT RESULT FROM FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A FIRE 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. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$
3 follow-up statements
036 WGUS65 KPUB 071113 CCA FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 511 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY... .A MOIST MONSOONAL FLOW WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY. THE AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE THE WALDO CANYON FIRE SCAR...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS. COZ060-061-065>068-081-084-085-071930- /O.COR.KPUB.FF.A.0003.120707T1500Z-120708T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...WOODLAND PARK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 511 AM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO INCLUDING THE WALDO CANYON FIRE SCAR...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS. * FROM 9 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH 3 AM MDT SUNDAY * A MOIST MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME WILL TRACK OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY. MOISTURE AVAILABLE FOR PRECIPITATION IN THE PLUME WILL RANGE FROM 150 TO 200 PERCENT OF NORMAL. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS MAY TRAIN...OR REPEATEDLY TRACK OVER THE SAME LOCATION...EXACERBATING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. * THE WALDO CANYON FIRE SCAR WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE AS WILL ANY OTHER BURN SCARS ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO. THESE AREAS WILL SEE RAPID RUNOFF OF WATER RESULTING FROM HYDRO PHOBIC SOILS AND VEGETATION LOSSES THAT RESULT FROM FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A FIRE 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. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$
241 WGUS65 KPUB 071905 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 105 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY... .A MOIST MONSOONAL FLOW WILL RESULT IN THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER PARTS OF SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY. THE AREAS OF CONCERN INCLUDE THE WALDO CANYON FIRE SCAR...EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...THE LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS. COZ060-061-065>068-081-084-085-080315- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120708T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...WOODLAND PARK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 105 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH LATE TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * THE WALDO CANYON FIRE SCAR...EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES...THE EASTERN SAN JUAN AND LA GARITA MOUNTAINS...AND THE EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS. * UNTIL 3 AM MDT SUNDAY. * A PLUME OF MONSOON MOISTURE WILL REMAIN OVER SOUTHERN COLORADO TODAY AND TONIGHT. RAINFALL RATES OF AN INCH PER HOUR OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE UNDER THE HEAVIER SHOWERS. IN ADDITION...SOME STORMS MAY REPEATEDLY TRACK OVER THE SAME LOCATION...EXACERBATING THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT. * THE WALDO CANYON FIRE SCAR WILL BE PARTICULARLY SUSCEPTIBLE AS WILL ANY OTHER BURN SCARS ACROSS SOUTHERN COLORADO. THESE AREAS WILL SEE RAPID RUNOFF OF WATER RESULTING FROM HYDROPHOBIC SOILS AND VEGETATION LOSSES THAT RESULT FROM FIRE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A FIRE 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. ADDITIONALLY...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS FLOWS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADWAYS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. 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. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. 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. && $$
833 WGUS65 KPUB 080115 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 715 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... .FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER LIKELY TONIGHT ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR REGION. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE EVENING...THE HEAVIER RAIN WILL LIKELY REMAIN SPOTTY...AND LESS LIKELY TO IMPACT THE BURN SCAR. COZ060-061-065>068-081-084-085-080215- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0003.000000T0000Z-120708T0900Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE... GRANITE...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK...CREEDE... CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...WOODLAND PARK...BLACK FOREST... AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 715 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA. ISOLATED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THE NIGHT...BUT THE GREATEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT. SOME LOCALIZED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A QUARTER INCH WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT. $$ SR/EP
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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.