Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2013
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2013, 10:00 PM MDT for Custer County, Huerfano County, Pueblo 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, 10:00 PM MDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2013, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Custer County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:03 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 11:00 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.82 | 1 Sw Rye, CO | 1.35 INCHES SINCE 9PM |
| Jul 15, 12:12 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.96 | 1 Ssw Rye, CO | STORM TOTAL AND STILL RAINING. |
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, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 245 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.
942 WGUS55 KPUB 150400 FFWPUB COC027-055-101-150700- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0009.130715T0400Z-130715T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1000 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN CUSTER COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 100 AM MDT * AT 957 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE MOUNTAINS JUST SOUTH OF BEULAH...WITH AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN LIKELY BY 11 PM MDT. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CUSTER...NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BEULAH...COLORADO CITY...RYE... SAN ISABEL AND WETMORE. AT 957 PM MDT...STATE PATROL REPORTS HIGHWAY 78 WAS COVERED BY A FOOT OF WATER 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEULAH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. && LAT...LON 3825 10482 3792 10464 3786 10510 3823 10525 $$
6 follow-up statements
539 WGUS75 KPUB 150418 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1018 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC027-055-101-150700- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130715T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO- 1018 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO...WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM MDT... AT 1015 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING ACROSS THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS. RADAR ESTIMATES OVER 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG AND SOUTH HIGHWAY 78 NEAR BEULAH. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CUSTER...NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BEULAH...COLORADO CITY...RYE...SAN ISABEL AND WETMORE. SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE REPORTED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 78 NORTHEAST OF BEULAH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3825 10482 3792 10464 3786 10510 3823 10525 $$
877 WGUS75 KPUB 150435 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1035 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC027-055-101-150700- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130715T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO- 1035 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO...WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM MDT... AT 1032 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUING OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE MOUNTAINS JUST SOUTH OF BEULAH...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 78. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CUSTER...NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BEULAH...COLORADO CITY...RYE...AND SAN ISABEL. EARLIER THIS EVENING...SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ALONG HIGHWAY 78 NORTHEAST OF BEULAH. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. && LAT...LON 3825 10482 3796 10476 3786 10510 3823 10525 $$
139 WGUS75 KPUB 150501 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1101 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC027-055-101-150700- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130715T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO- 1101 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO...WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM MDT... AT 1058 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL RATES WERE BEGINNING TO DECREASE...THOUGH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS THROUGH 100 AM MDT. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. IS EXPECTED TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CUSTER...NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BEULAH...COLORADO CITY...RYE...SAN ISABEL AND WETMORE. AT 11 PM MDT...A SPOTTER IN RYE REPORTED 3.82 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN TODAY...WITH OVER AN INCH OCCURING SINCE 9 PM MDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3825 10482 3796 10476 3786 10510 3823 10525 $$
591 WGUS75 KPUB 150537 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1137 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 COC027-055-101-150700- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130715T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO- 1137 PM MDT SUN JUL 14 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO...WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM MDT... AT 1134 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE RAINFALL ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES OF THE WET MOUNTAINS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF A HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 1 AM MDT...AS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE AREA. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CUSTER...NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BEULAH...COLORADO CITY...RYE...SAN ISABEL AND WETMORE. RAIN GAGE AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 78 JUST TO THE SOUTH OF BEULAH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. 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. && LAT...LON 3825 10482 3796 10476 3786 10510 3823 10525 $$
559 WGUS75 KPUB 150605 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1205 AM MDT MON JUL 15 2013 COC027-055-101-150700- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130715T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO- 1205 AM MDT MON JUL 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO...WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES UNTIL 100 AM MDT... AT MIDNIGHT MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 100 AM MDT...WITH AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE. RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN CUSTER...NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF BEULAH...COLORADO CITY...RYE...SAN ISABEL AND WETMORE. AT 1159 PM MDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED GREENHORN CREEK NEAR RYE WAS RUNNING AT BANKFUL AND WAS APPROACHING THE HIGHWAY 165 BRIDGE JUST EAST OF RYE. RAIN GAGE AND RADAR ESTIMATES SHOW THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS OCCURRED THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN FALLING ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 78 JUST TO THE SOUTH OF BEULAH PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. DO NOT ENTER THE WATER. TURN AROUND AND MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3825 10482 3796 10476 3786 10510 3823 10525 $$
733 WGUS75 KPUB 150657 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1257 AM MDT MON JUL 15 2013 COC027-055-101-150707- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130715T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CUSTER CO-PUEBLO CO-HUERFANO CO- 1257 AM MDT MON JUL 15 2013 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL HUERFANO...WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO AND EASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... HEAVY RAIN HAS COME TO AN END ACROSS 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. EXPECT PERIODS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL TO CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE OVERNIGHT PERIOD. MODELS DEVELOP ANOTHER ROUND OF MODERATE AND POSSIBLE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE WET MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT PLAINS BY LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. THIS WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ANOTHER ROUND OF POSSIBLE FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY AFTER 3 AM...THROUGH 10 AM. KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS...AS WELL AS THE POSSIBILITY OF ROCK SLIDES. LAT...LON 3825 10482 3796 10476 3786 10510 3823 10525 $$ KAM
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, 9:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.