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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2013, 7:48 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 2013, 7:48 PM MDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2013, 11:00 PM 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), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:04 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.15 | 6 Nnw Black Forest, CO | FELL SINCE 715 PM |
| Jul 14, 8:40 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wsw Black Forest, CO | SHOUP RD CLOSED AT TAHOSA LANE DUE TO FLOODING |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 158 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
296 WGUS55 KPUB 150148 FFWPUB COC041-150500- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0007.130715T0148Z-130715T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 748 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...THIS INCLUDED THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. * UNTIL 1100 PM MDT * AT 745 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. 0.82 INCHES OR RAIN WAS REPORTED IN 20 MINUTES 6 MILES NORTH-NORTHWEST OF BLACK FOREST. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS AND BLACK FOREST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MOPRE WILL BE POSSIBLE. THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. && LAT...LON 3911 10467 3895 10465 3896 10481 3909 10482 $$
3 follow-up statements
704 WGUS75 KPUB 150201 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 801 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC041-150500- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130715T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 801 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM MDT...THIS INCLUDED THE WESTERN SECTION OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. AT 759 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WESTERN HALF OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE AREAS IN AND NEAR THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS...SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3911 10467 3895 10465 3896 10481 3909 10482 $$
847 WGUS75 KPUB 150229 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 829 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC041-150500- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130715T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 829 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL 1100 PM MDT... AT 825 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL HAS WEAKENED OVER THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER ELBERT COUNTY...AND WERE MOVING SOUTHWEST TOWARD THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER...THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR AREA AFTER 9 PM. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS AND BLACK FOREST. 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 3911 10467 3895 10465 3896 10481 3909 10482 $$
211 WGUS75 KPUB 150456 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1056 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC041-150511- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-130715T0500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1056 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR IN NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1100 PM MDT... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS... SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3911 10467 3895 10465 3896 10481 3909 10482 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 8:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 9:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 10:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 4:29 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:57 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.