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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2013, 2:48 PM MDT for Fremont 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 15, 2013, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2013, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 661 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
210 WGUS55 KPUB 152048 FFWPUB COC043-160000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0047.130915T2048Z-130916T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 248 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 245 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 1.25 TO 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN ALREADY OVER BEAVER CREEK NORTH OF PENROSE. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PENROSE AND HIGHWAY 115 CROSSING BEAVER CREEK. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BEAVER CREEK...BRUSH HOLLOW CREEK...ARKANSAS RIVER...EAST FORK EIGHTMILE CREEK...WEST FORK TURKEY CREEK...RED CREEK...AND BEAR CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. 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 3865 10494 3835 10495 3842 10508 3865 10509 $$
5 follow-up statements
710 WGUS75 KPUB 152110 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 310 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 COC043-160000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-130916T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FREMONT CO- 310 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 309 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED 1.5 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN OVER BEAVER CREEK NORTH OF PENROSE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PENROSE AND HIGHWAY 115 CROSSING BEAVER CREEK. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BEAVER CREEK...BRUSH HOLLOW CREEK...ARKANSAS RIVER...EIGHTMILE CREEK...WEST FORK TURKEY CREEK...RED CREEK...AND BEAR CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3865 10494 3835 10495 3842 10508 3865 10509 $$
328 WGUS75 KPUB 152227 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 427 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 COC043-160000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-130916T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FREMONT CO- 427 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 422 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS PORTIONS OF EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT SOME PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEIVED 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PENROSE AND HIGHWAY 115 CROSSING BEAVER CREEK...AND OTHER AREAS ALONG BEAVER CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...EAST BEAVER CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...BRUSH HOLLOW CREEK...WEST FORK TURKEY CREEK...RED CREEK...AND EAST FORK RED CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 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. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3865 10494 3835 10495 3842 10508 3865 10509 $$
952 WGUS75 KPUB 152301 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 501 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 COC043-160000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-130916T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FREMONT CO- 501 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 459 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THAT ONLY SOME LIGHT RAIN WAS OCCURRING OVER THE WARNING AREA. HOWEVER IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE HIGH WATER OVER ROADS AND IN CREEKS AND STREAMS TO RECEDE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PENROSE AND HIGHWAY 115 CROSSING BEAVER CREEK...AND OTHER AREAS ALONG BEAVER CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...EAST BEAVER CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...BRUSH HOLLOW CREEK...WEST FORK TURKEY CREEK...RED CREEK...AND EAST FORK RED CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR OTHER LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT OR IN A VEHICLE. IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY AUTOMOBILE. && LAT...LON 3865 10494 3835 10495 3842 10508 3865 10509 $$
614 WGUS75 KPUB 152330 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 530 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 COC043-160000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-130916T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FREMONT CO- 530 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY UNTIL 600 PM MDT... AT 527 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT RAIN HAD MOSTLY ENDED OVER THE WARNING AREA...ALTHOUGH CREEKS AND STREAMS ARE STILL RUNNING HIGH DUE TO EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS SHOULD STILL BE EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...PENROSE AND HIGHWAY 115...AND AREAS ALONG BEAVER CREEK AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...EAST BEAVER CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...BRUSH HOLLOW CREEK...WEST FORK TURKEY CREEK...RED CREEK AND EAST FORK RED CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. 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 3865 10494 3835 10495 3842 10508 3865 10509 $$
436 WGUS75 KPUB 152359 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 559 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 COC043-160014- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-130916T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FREMONT CO- 559 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. LAT...LON 3865 10494 3835 10495 3842 10508 3865 10509 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:56 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 12:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 12:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:55 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 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.