Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 22, 2013, 7:32 PM MDT (01:32 UTC)

Expired

Aug 22, 2013, 10:30 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County El Paso County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

648 
WGUS55 KPUB 230132
FFWPUB
COC041-230430-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0028.130823T0132Z-130823T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
732 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT

* AT 728 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA.  UP TO 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PARTS 
  OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY...WITH MORE DEVELOPING.  2 TO 3 INCHES 
  OF RAIN COULD FALL BEFORE THE EVENING IS OVER. 

* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
  OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COLORADO SPRINGS...CALHAN...PEYTON...RAMAH...RUSH AND YODER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO
NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO
ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN
WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 10405 3881 10406 3886 10464 3913 10448

$$

LW

671 
WGUS75 KPUB 230333
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
933 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

COC041-230430-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-130823T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
933 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO
COUNTY UNTIL 1030 PM MDT...

AT 931 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 1 TO 
LOCALLY 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS PARTS OF THE AREA.  
ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH COULD FALL ACROSS NORTHEASTERN EL 
PASO COUNTY THROUGH 1030 PM MDT.

RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...CALHAN...PEYTON...RAMAH...RUSH AND YODER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT
ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT
STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 3913 10405 3881 10406 3886 10464 3913 10448

$$

LW

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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.