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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2013, 9:59 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, 9:59 PM MDT (03:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2013, 1:00 AM 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), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:59 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
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 164 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
- 176 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2103 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
040 WGUS55 KPUB 230359 FFWPUB COC041-230700- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0032.130823T0359Z-130823T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 959 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 100 AM MDT * AT 957 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PARTS OF THE AREA. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...MIDWAY...ELLICOTT...FOUNTAIN...MANITOU SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB...SCHRIEVER AFB...SECURITY AND TRUCKTON. MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL ONLY EXACERBATE THE SITUATION. 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. FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES... DIPS... OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM... EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3881 10406 3852 10406 3853 10493 3887 10493 $$ LW
2 follow-up statements
410 WGUS75 KPUB 230457 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1057 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 COC041-230700- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-130823T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1057 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 100 AM MDT... AT 1042 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 6 INCHES...WITH LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS HAVE LIKELY FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 AM MDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...MIDWAY...FOUNTAIN...MANITOU SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB...SCHRIEVER AFB...SECURITY AND TRUCKTON. MEDIA REPORTS INDICATE ONGOING FLASH FLOODING OVER A LARGE PORTION OF THE AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY. && LAT...LON 3881 10406 3852 10406 3853 10493 3887 10493 $$ LW
364 WGUS75 KPUB 230537 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1137 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 COC041-230549- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-130823T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1137 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EXCESSIVE...FAST RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE. HOWEVER...MUCH STANDING AND FLOWING WATER OUTSIDE OF NORMAL WATER COURSES CONTINUES. CONSEQUENTLY...A FLOOD WARNING WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT THROUGH THE NIGHT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3881 10406 3852 10406 3853 10493 3887 10493 $$ LW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Aug 22, 6:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 6:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Aug 22, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Aug 22, 7:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Aug 22, 8:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Aug 22, 9:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 9:41 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 9 hr |
| Aug 22, 10:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 6 hr |
| Aug 22, 11:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 2:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 118 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.