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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2013, 2:31 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
- Aug 12, 2013, 2:31 PM MDT (20:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 12, 2013, 5:30 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), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 2:40 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Cascade, CO | ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER US HIGHWAY 24. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 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
- 539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1291 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
071 WGUS55 KPUB 122031 FFWPUB COC041-122330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0020.130812T2031Z-130812T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 231 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 530 PM MDT * AT 222 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND RATES ARE OVER 1/2 INCH. * THIS IS DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND 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 3894 10484 3883 10488 3886 10500 3895 10500 $$
7 follow-up statements
455 WGUS75 KPUB 122044 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 244 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 COC041-122330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130812T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 244 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 241 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3/4 OF AN INCH TO OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR CASCADE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK AND MANITOU SPRINGS. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3894 10484 3883 10488 3886 10500 3895 10500 $$
879 WGUS75 KPUB 122056 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 256 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 COC041-122330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130812T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 256 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 252 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AROUND AN INCH OF RAIN NEAR CASCADE. THIS IS A 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 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 3894 10484 3883 10488 3886 10500 3895 10500 $$
359 WGUS75 KPUB 122102 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 302 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 COC041-122330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130812T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 302 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 300 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. AROUND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR CASCADE. LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS ONE FOOT OF WATER OVER HIGHWAY 24 NEAR CASCADE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK AND MANITOU SPRINGS. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3894 10484 3883 10488 3886 10500 3895 10500 $$
172 WGUS75 KPUB 122116 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 316 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 COC041-122330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130812T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 316 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 313 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE EXTREME SOUTHERN PART OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. RAINFALL RATES WERE 1.5 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR SOUTH OF THE BURN SCAR AND AROUND 6/10 OF AN INCH PER HOUR IN THE BURN SCAR IN WALDO CANYON AND WILLIAMS CANYON. THIS IS A 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... AND MANITOU SPRINGS. BEFORE 3 PM...ONE FOOT OF WATER WAS OVER HIGHWAY 24 NEAR CASCADE. 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 3894 10484 3883 10488 3886 10500 3895 10500 $$
305 WGUS75 KPUB 122138 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 338 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 COC041-122330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130812T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 338 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 330 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN MANITOU SPRINGS. RAINFALL RATES AND AMOUNTS WERE ESTIMATED BY DOPPLER RADAR TO BE AROUND 1.5 INCHES IN MANITOU SPRINGS. THIS IS A DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK AND MANITOU SPRINGS. AT 330 PM...MEDIA REPORTS SHOWED SOME FLOODING AROUND THE ARCADE AND SPA BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN MANITOU SPRINGS. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS... SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3894 10484 3883 10488 3886 10500 3895 10500 $$
756 WGUS75 KPUB 122158 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 358 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 COC041-122330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130812T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 358 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 530 PM MDT... AT 353 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND 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 3894 10484 3883 10488 3886 10500 3895 10500 $$
483 WGUS75 KPUB 122215 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 COC041-122230- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-130812T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 415 PM MDT MON AUG 12 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. && LAT...LON 3894 10484 3883 10488 3886 10500 3895 10500 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 6:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:19 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 17 hr |
| Aug 12, 1:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 114 min |
| Aug 12, 3:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 3:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
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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.