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Flash Flood Watch 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Sep 16, 2013, 5:27 AM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado. It took effect at Sep 16, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 16, 2013, 5:27 AM MDT (11:27 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 16, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 16, 2013, 2:44 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Flood severity
- None
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Teller County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895 WGUS65 KPUB 161127 FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 527 AM MDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EL PASO AND TELLER COUNTIES FROM 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING... .ADEQUATE ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE COMBINING WITH AN UPPER DISTURBANCE IS EXPECTED TO GENERATE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ENOUGH RAIN MAY FALL TO TRIGGER LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING PROBLEMS GIVEN THE CURRENT STATE OF SATURATION ACROSS THE REGION. COZ081-084-085-161930- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.A.0021.130916T2000Z-130917T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... COLORADO SPRINGS 527 AM MDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE...INCLUDING THE WALDO CANYON AND BLACK FOREST BURN SCARS. * FROM 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. * LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF GENERATING LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS ALREADY SATURATED AREAS FROM THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
1 follow-up statement
910 WGUS65 KPUB 162044 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 244 PM MDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELED... .SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND AREA BURN SCARS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE SCARS ARE EXPECTED TO GENERALLY REMAIN UNDER TWO TENTHS OF AN INCH...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED THROUGH THIS EVENING. COZ081-084-085-162145- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0021.000000T0000Z-130917T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING...WOODLAND PARK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... COLORADO SPRINGS 244 PM MDT MON SEP 16 2013 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF EAST CENTRAL COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. INCREASED STORM MOVEMENTS AND LOWER ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE TODAY WILL MITIGATE FLASH FLOODING. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL GENERALLY PRODUCE ONLY LIGHT AMOUNTS OF PRECIPITATION. AREA RESIDENTS SHOULD STILL REMAIN ALERT TO DEVELOPING WEATHER CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT...AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION IF AN ADVISORY OR WARNING BECOMES NECESSARY. $$ SR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 6:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 7:50 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 13 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 9:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Sep 16, 8:20 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 36 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:45 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 1:45 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 5 hr |
| Sep 16, 3:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 106 min |
| Sep 16, 3:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 103 min |
| Sep 16, 4:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 116 min |
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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.