Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2013, 5:51 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, 5:51 PM MDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2013, 9:00 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), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 312 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.
028
WGUS55 KPUB 142351
FFWPUB
COC055-150300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0006.130714T2351Z-130715T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
551 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 900 PM MDT
* AT 548 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE EAST PEAK
BURN SCAR. PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP
TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE EAST PEAK BURN
SCAR...WITH ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL
MOVING INTO THE REGION.
* THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. RUNOFF FROM THIS
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SOUTH SANTA CLARA CREEK...CHERRY CREEK...SANTA CLARA CREEK...SALADO
CREEK...MAYNE ARROYO...WALSEN ARROYO AND WAHATOYA CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED
AREA.
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 3739 10495 3747 10495 3755 10469 3750 10465
3749 10469 3744 10470 3740 10490
$$3 follow-up statements
338
WGUS75 KPUB 150121
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
721 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
COC055-150300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130715T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUERFANO CO-
721 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT...
AT 720 PM MDT...LIGHT RAINFALL CONTINUES TO FALL OVER THE EAST PEAK
BURN SCAR. HOWEVER MORE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WALSENBURG WILL MOVE TO
THE SOUTHWEST INTO THE BURN SCAR THROUGH 820 PM PRODUCING MORE HEAVY
RAINFALL AND EXACERBATING FLASH FLOODING ON THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SOUTH SANTA CLARA CREEK...CHERRY CREEK...SANTA CLARA CREEK...SALADO
CREEK...MAYNE ARROYO...WALSEN ARROYO AND WAHATOYA CREEK.
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND
VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND
DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN
ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...
SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED
OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IN HILLY TERRAIN...THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH
ARE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT ONLY TAKES A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3739 10495 3747 10495 3755 10469 3750 10465
3749 10469 3744 10470 3740 10490
$$245
WGUS75 KPUB 150210
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
810 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
COC055-150300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130715T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUERFANO CO-
810 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO
COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT...
AT 808 PM MDT...HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OFF THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR.
HOWEVER...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR SHOWS UP TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN OVER THE BURN SCAR EARLIER THIS EVENING. ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING IN THE WALSENBURG AREA AND WILL BE
MOVING INTO THE AREA BEFORE 9 PM AND COULD BRING ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAINFALL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
SOUTH SANTA CLARA CREEK...CHERRY CREEK...SANTA CLARA CREEK...SALADO
CREEK...MAYNE ARROYO...WALSEN ARROYO AND WAHATOYA CREEK.
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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 3739 10495 3747 10495 3755 10469 3750 10465
3749 10469 3744 10470 3740 10490
$$941
WGUS75 KPUB 150250
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
850 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
COC055-150305-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0006.000000T0000Z-130715T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
HUERFANO CO-
850 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
HUERFANO COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT...
EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS
AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO
RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED...
PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH
FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND
VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND
DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN
ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...
SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED
OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 3739 10495 3747 10495 3755 10469 3750 10465
3749 10469 3744 10470 3740 10490
$$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, 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 |
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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.