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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2013, 5:06 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 114 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2013, 5:06 PM MDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
309 WGUS55 KPUB 142306 FFWPUB COC041-150100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0021.130814T2306Z-130815T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 506 PM MDT WED AUG 14 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR AREA IN WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 504 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. UP TO A HALF INCH OF RAIN OR MORE WILL BE POSSIBLE ON...ESPECIALLY THE SOUTH FACE OF THE SCAR...ALONG US HIGHWAY 24...THROUGH 6 PM MDT. * 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 AND MANITOU SPRINGS. TAKE PRECAUTIONS NOW. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A STRONG POSSIBILITY FOR AREAS ALONG US 24 THROUGH 6 PM. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES... FOUNTAIN CREEK...FRENCH CREEK...MONUMENT CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING OAK VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK... WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR FORCE ACADEMY... CAMP CREEK...INCLUDING QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST STREET CHANNEL...CABIN CREEK...WALDO CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS...WELLINGTON GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...SAND GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...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 3890 10481 3883 10494 3896 10501 3900 10495 $$
1 follow-up statement
864 WGUS75 KPUB 150008 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 608 PM MDT WED AUG 14 2013 COC041-150021- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130815T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 608 PM MDT WED AUG 14 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR AREA IN WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA ARE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS... SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3890 10481 3883 10494 3896 10501 3900 10495 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 5:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 107 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.