Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 22, 2013, 10:18 PM MDT (04:18 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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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472 
WGUS55 KPUB 230418
FFWPUB
COC041-230700-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0033.130823T0418Z-130823T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1018 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE

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

* UNTIL 100 AM MDT

* AT 1012 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE      
  WARNED AREA. 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS THE
  AREAS.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WILL BE
  POSSIBLE IN SOME AREAS.

* 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...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 
CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS...AND LOW LYING AREAS ALONG THE BANKS OF 
CREEKS AND STREAMS.

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.

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. TURN
AROUND... DONT DROWN!

&&

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

$$

LW

267 
WGUS75 KPUB 230541
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1141 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

COC041-230555-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-130823T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
1141 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN 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 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.