Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2013, 9:07 PM MDT for El Paso 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, 9:07 PM MDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2013, 12:00 AM 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), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:11 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 153 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.
329 WGUS55 KPUB 150307 FFWPUB COC041-150600- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0008.130715T0307Z-130715T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 907 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... * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT * AT 901 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING IN FROM ELBERT COUNTY. THIS HEAVY RAIN WILL MAINLY EFFECT THE EAST SIDE OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES WAS ESTIMATED FROM DOPPLER RADAR OVER WESTERN ELBERT COUNTY...AND THIS HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST SIDE OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. * 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... AN ADDITIONAL 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN COULD OCCUR OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. && LAT...LON 3911 10455 3894 10457 3894 10481 3911 10477 $$
3 follow-up statements
003 WGUS75 KPUB 150334 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 934 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC041-150600- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130715T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 934 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT... AT 931 PM MDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIER RAIN OVER THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR HAS DISSIPATED. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 0.75 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR...MAINLY OVER THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN SECTIONS. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE BURN SCAR THROUGH 11 PM. AT 931 PM...NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WAS NOTED UPSTREAM OVER THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...AREAS IN AND AROUND THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. LAT...LON 3911 10455 3894 10457 3894 10481 3911 10477 $$
622 WGUS75 KPUB 150420 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1020 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC041-150600- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130715T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1020 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT... AT 1018 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR STEADY LIGHT RAIN OVER THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. THIS RAIN IS EXPECTED TO COME TO AN END AFTER 11 PM. MINOR FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE ACROSS THE BLACK FOREST BURN AREA UNTIL THROUGH MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. COMPUTER SIMULATIONS SHOW THAT MORE HEAVY RAIN MAY OCCUR TOWARDS SUNRISE ACROSS THE BLACK FOREST BURN AREA. LAT...LON 3911 10455 3894 10457 3894 10481 3911 10477 $$
896 WGUS75 KPUB 150444 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1044 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC041-150459- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-130715T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1044 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR REGION IS CANCELLED... EXCESS RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE WARNED AREA HAVE RECEDED OR WERE BEGINNING TO RECEDE...ENDING THE FLOOD THREAT. IF FLOODING HAS BEEN OBSERVED... PLEASE REPORT IT TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. JUST A SMALL AMOUNT OF RAINFALL ON A BURN SCAR CAN LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. WATER THAT IS NORMALLY ABSORBED BY THE SOILS AND VEGETATION...RUNS OFF ALMOST INSTANTLY. THIS CAUSES CREEKS AND DRAINAGE AREAS TO FLOOD AT A MUCH FASTER RATE THAN NORMAL. IN ADDITION...THE SOILS IN A BURN SCAR BECOME UNSTABLE WHEN IT RAINS... SOMETIMES RESULTING IN DEBRIS AND FALLING ROCK. ROADS CAN BE WASHED OUT BY THE FORCE OF THE RUSHING WATER AND DEBRIS. LAT...LON 3911 10455 3894 10457 3894 10481 3911 10477 $$
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, 7:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.