Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2013, 4:46 PM MDT for Las Animas 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, 4:46 PM MDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2013, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 298 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.
270
WGUS55 KPUB 142246
FFWPUB
COC071-150130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0005.130714T2246Z-130715T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
446 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 443 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. A
TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTER AT BONCARBO REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF
1.58 INCHES IN THE PAST HOUR AND A HALF. MORE HEAVY
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE ROCKY TERRAIN WEST OF
TRINIDAD AND AGUILAR THROUGH 730 PM...WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR.
* RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BONCARBO...COKEDALE...GULNARE AND SEGUNDO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE
BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.
TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
PUEBLO.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 10495 3740 10491 3738 10488 3740 10485
3741 10476 3743 10471 3701 10453 3701 10482
$$3 follow-up statements
622
WGUS75 KPUB 142336
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
536 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
COC071-150130-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130715T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
536 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT...
AT 532 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PUEBLO DOPPLER
RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN ALONG
A LINE FROM GULNARE TO JUST EAST OF SEGUNDO ON HIGHWAY 12 WEST OF
TRINIDAD. ALTHOUGH STORMS HAVE WEAKENED IN THIS AREA...ANOTHER WAVE
OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN DEVELOPING TO THE WEST OF TRINIDAD AND
WILL BE MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE WARNING AREA THROUGH 630 PM
BRINGING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO
OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BONCARBO...COKEDALE...GULNARE AND SEGUNDO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 10495 3740 10491 3738 10488 3740 10485
3741 10476 3743 10471 3701 10453 3701 10482
$$531
WGUS75 KPUB 150035
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
635 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
COC071-150130-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130715T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
635 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
COUNTY UNTIL 730 PM MDT...
AT 632 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN A
LINE FROM GULNARE TO 5 MILES SOUTH OF BONCARBO.
RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING AND
ROCK SLIDES TO OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN SOME OF THE STEEPER CANYONS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING
INCLUDE...BONCARBO...COKEDALE...GULNARE AND SEGUNDO.
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.
REPORT FLOODING TO THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY SO THAT THEY
MAY TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO CLOSE FLOODED ROADWAYS. THEY WILL
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 10495 3740 10491 3738 10488 3740 10485
3741 10476 3743 10471 3701 10453 3701 10482
$$492
WGUS75 KPUB 150051
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
651 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
COC071-150106-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-130715T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
651 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL LAS
ANIMAS COUNTY IS CANCELLED...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF FLOODING WAS OBSERVED PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORT TO LOCAL LAW
ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 10495 3740 10491 3738 10488 3740 10485
3741 10476 3743 10471 3701 10453 3701 10482
$$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, 2:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 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.