Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 22, 2013, 11:54 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 2013, 11:54 PM MDT (05:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2013, 2:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pueblo County, CO
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 12:00 AM MDT | FLOOD | 1 S Boone, CO | CDOT REPORTS HIGHWAY 50 CLOSED BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN BOONE AND WHEELER LANE DUE TO FLOODING. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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.
544
WGUS55 KPUB 230554
FFWPUB
COC101-230800-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0034.130823T0554Z-130823T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1154 PM MDT THU AUG 22 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 200 AM MDT
* AT 1151 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER THIS AREA EARLIER THIS
EVENING...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE PRODUCING
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AND RUNOFF FROM AREAS UPSTREAM WILL CONTRIBUTE
TO THE FLASH FLOODING.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AVONDALE...BOONE AND PUEBLO DEPOT.
LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTS THAT THE 4400 BLOCK OF OVERTON ROAD IS
CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. ADDITIONAL AREAS OF FLOODING ARE
LIKELY IN RURAL AND LOW LYING AREAS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CHICO CREEK...ARKANSAS RIVER...HAYNES CREEK...WOLF ARROYO...SIXMILE
CREEK...HUERFANO RIVER...FOURMILE CREEK...CHICOSA CREEK...NORTH
CHICOSA CREEK...GOAT BUTTE CREEK...THOMKINS ARROYO...DOYLE ARROYO...
BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...TOM HOLLOW...DRY CREEK...BURNT CREEK...KRAMER
CREEK AND APISHAPA RIVER.
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 3802 10406 3801 10461 3828 10444 3852 10448
3852 10406
$$
STARK1 follow-up statement
413
WGUS75 KPUB 230750
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
150 AM MDT FRI AUG 23 2013
COC101-230806-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-130823T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUEBLO CO-
150 AM MDT FRI AUG 23 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO
COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 200 AM MDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
LAT...LON 3802 10406 3801 10461 3828 10444 3852 10448
3852 10406
$$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, 9:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 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 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.