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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 11, 2013, 9:32 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
- Sep 11, 2013, 9:32 PM MDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 12, 2013, 12:30 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), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 362 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 580 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
027 WGUS55 KPUB 120332 FFWPUB COC041-120630- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0037.130912T0332Z-130912T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 932 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 1230 AM MDT * AT 931 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. THE LOWER WALDO RAIN GAGE ABOVE MANITOU SPRINGS REPORTED 0.35 INCHES BETWEEN 900 PM AND 920 PM...AND HEAVY RAIN IS STILL ONGOING. ADDITIONAL MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH 1000 PM. THE GROUND IS SATURATED AND THIS RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN OFF. * 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...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND MANITOU 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 3897 10483 3883 10486 3886 10503 3899 10501 $$
7 follow-up statements
140 WGUS75 KPUB 120351 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 951 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 COC041-120630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130912T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 951 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 945 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. DOUGLAS CREEK ABOVE FLYING W RANCH HAD 0.32 INCHES BETWEEN 915 PM AND 930 PM. LOWER WALDO CANYON ABOVE MANITOU HAD 0.27 BETWEEN 915 PM AND 930 PM. UPPER WALDO CANYON ABOVE CASCADE HAD 0.27 INCHES BETWEEN 915 PM AND 930 PM. UPPER WILLIAMS CANYON ABOVE MANITOU HAD 0.43 BETWEEN 915 AND 935 PM. MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FALL WAS STILL OCCURRING OVER THE BURN SCAR. ROCK AND DEBRIS WERE REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 24 AT THE LOCATION OF WALDO CANYON. CULVERTS ARE OVERFLOWING AT THE WALDO CANYON AND HIGHWAY 24. FLOODING WILL BE LIKELY IN MANITOU SPRINGS ALONG CANON AVENUE. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND MANITOU SPRINGS. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3897 10483 3883 10486 3886 10503 3899 10501 $$
858 WGUS75 KPUB 120359 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 959 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 COC041-120630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130912T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 959 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 957 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN WAS STILL FALLING ACROSS THE BURN SCAR. BETWEEN 850 PM AND 936 PM...0.59 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE UPPER WILLIAMS GAGE ABOVE MANITOU SPRINGS. 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...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND MANITOU 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 3897 10483 3883 10486 3886 10503 3899 10501 $$
918 WGUS75 KPUB 120416 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1016 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 COC041-120630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130912T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1016 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1012 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL OCCURRING ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE WALDO BURN SCAR THROUGH AT LEAST 11 PM. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE AS RAIN IN THE FORT CARSON AREA CONTINUES TO MOVE NORTH OVER THE WALDO BURN SCAR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND MANITOU SPRINGS. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3897 10483 3883 10486 3886 10503 3899 10501 $$
902 WGUS75 KPUB 120437 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1037 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 COC041-120630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130912T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1037 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1033 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. RADAR ESTIMATES AND AREA OBSERVATIONS OVER THE PAST HOUR...SINCE 930 PM...HAVE RANGED BETWEEN HALF AN INCH AND ONE INCH. WHILE CURRENT RADAR INDICATES RAINFALL INTENSITY HAS DECREASED...LOCALLY HEAVY EMBEDDED RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE TO PASS OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. MODERATE RAINFALL STRETCHES SOUTHEAST TOWARD FOUNTAIN...AND WILL CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH ACROSS 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...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND MANITOU SPRINGS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE...CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND MANITOU 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 3897 10483 3883 10486 3886 10503 3899 10501 $$ MOZLEY
491 WGUS75 KPUB 120505 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1105 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 COC041-120630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130912T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1105 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1101 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL CONTINUES ACROSS THE BURN SCAR. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS OCCURRING NEAR MANITOU SPRINGS AND WILL MOVE NORTH OVER WILLIAMS AND WALDO CANYONS. RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH AN HOUR ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS AREA OF RAINFALL AS IT MOVES OVER THE BURN SCAR. ANY HEAVIER RAINFALL COULD LEAD TO FURTHER FLASH FLOODING AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND NEAR THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...COLORADO SPRINGS...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND MANITOU SPRINGS. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS... SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3897 10483 3883 10486 3886 10503 3899 10501 $$ KAM
043 WGUS75 KPUB 120536 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1136 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 COC041-120630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130912T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1136 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1230 AM MDT... AT 1132 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. RADAR INTENSITY ESTIMATES ARE STILL INDICATING AROUND A QUARTER OF AN INCH PER HOUR RATES ACROSS THE BURN SCAR. OVERALL RADAR TRENDS CONTINUE TO LIFT THE AREA OF RAINFALL NORTH ACROSS THE BURN SCAR. LOCALLY EMBEDDED AREAS OF HEAVIER RAINFALL COULD STILL POSE ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOOD RISKS...AND DEBRIS FLOWS. 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...CASCADE... CHIPITA PARK...CRYSTOLA...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS AND MANITOU 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 3897 10483 3883 10486 3886 10503 3899 10501 $$ KAM
715 WGUS75 KPUB 120555 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1155 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 COC041-120610- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-130912T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1155 PM MDT WED SEP 11 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS... SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3897 10483 3883 10486 3886 10503 3899 10501 $$ KAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 11, 8:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 11, 9:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 114 min |
| Sep 12, 12:32 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 1:43 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 2:48 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:24 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 3:45 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 6:37 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 8:33 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:01 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:18 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 10:41 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 4 hr |
| Sep 12, 4:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 5 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 12, 5:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.