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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2013, 5:50 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 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
- Aug 22, 2013, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 2013, 9:00 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), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 994 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 831 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
513 WGUS55 KPUB 222350 FFWPUB COC041-230300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0023.130822T2350Z-130823T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 550 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 548 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE WALDO BURN SCAR. * 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. IF THIS STORM BUILDS TO THE SOUTH...THEN FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE WALDO BURN SCAR. 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 3899 10488 3893 10486 3893 10501 3899 10500 $$
1 follow-up statement
504 WGUS75 KPUB 230002 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 602 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 COC041-230300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-130823T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 602 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT... AT 600 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. THE DRAINAGES BEING AFFECT ARE WEST MONUMENT CREEK...SAND GULCH AND WELLINGTON GULCH. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. IF THIS STORM BUILDS TO THE SOUTH...THEN FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE ENTIRE BURN SCAR. NEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER THE EASTERN PART OF THE BURN SCAR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS... SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3899 10488 3893 10486 3893 10501 3899 10500 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 11:20 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 12 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Conejos, Costilla | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
| Aug 22, 4:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 48 min |
| Aug 22, 5:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 5:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.