Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2013, 2:55 PM MDT for Huerfano 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
- Jul 14, 2013, 2:55 PM MDT (20:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2013, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 307 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
- 65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -300 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
874
WGUS55 KPUB 142055
FFWPUB
COC055-150000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0004.130714T2055Z-130715T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
255 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE EAST PEAK
BURN SCAR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AROUND AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE
ACROSS THE BURN SCAR. THIS RAINFALL WILL DRAIN INTO THE STORY
CREEK...AND NORTH AND SOUTH SANTA CLARA CREEKS...WHICH FLOW TO THE
NORTHEAST OF THE BURN SCAR.
* THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
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 3742 10495 3747 10494 3754 10474 3744 10472
3740 10485 3739 10492 3739 10494
$$2 follow-up statements
769
WGUS75 KPUB 142134
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
334 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
COC055-150000-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130715T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUERFANO CO-
334 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO
COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT...
AT 332 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE EAST PEAK
BURN SCAR. PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AROUND AN INCH OR A LITTLE
MORE HAS FALLEN OVER THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR SINCE 300 PM.
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
THIS RAIN WILL LIKELY DRAIN INTO THE STORY CREEK...AND THE NORTH AND
SOUTH SANTA CLARA CREEKS.
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND
VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND
DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN
ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...
SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED
OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3742 10495 3747 10494 3754 10474 3744 10472
3740 10485 3739 10492 3739 10494
$$063
WGUS75 KPUB 142224
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
424 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
COC055-150000-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-130715T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUERFANO CO-
424 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO
COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT...
AT 419 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OCCURING IN THE WARNED AREA
JUST EAST OF THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
CONTINUE ON DOWNSTREAM SIDE OF THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR.
PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A LITTLE OVER AN
INCH HAS FALLEN OVER THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF THE EAST PEAK BURN
SCAR. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS DECREASED ON THE BURN SCAR...MORE
RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 6 PM WHICH MAY CAUSE FLOODING TO
WORSEN.
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 3742 10495 3747 10494 3754 10474 3744 10472
3740 10485 3739 10492 3739 10494
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 12:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Mineral | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 1:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
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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.