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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2014, 4:32 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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 11, 2014, 4:32 PM MDT (22:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2014, 7:30 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), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 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 11, 4:52 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 E Ellicott, CO | INTERSECTION OF HWY 94 AND BAGGETT ROAD FLOODED |
| Jul 11, 5:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Wsw Yoder, CO | INTERSECTION OF CALHAN HIGHWAY AND HANDLE ROAD FLOODED |
| Jul 11, 5:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Ese Ellicott, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -363 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1696 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
474 WGUS55 KPUB 112232 FFWPUB COC041-120130- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0010.140711T2232Z-140712T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 432 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 730 PM MDT * AT 430 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN NEAR ELLICOTT AND YODER UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... YODER AND ELLICOTT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3893 10416 3871 10429 3873 10444 3895 10437 $$ TLM
3 follow-up statements
370 WGUS75 KPUB 112302 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 502 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014 COC041-120130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140712T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 502 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 458 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... YODER AND ELLICOTT AREA INCLUDING BRACKETT CREEK AND BIG SPRINGS CREEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE OR TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3893 10416 3871 10429 3873 10444 3895 10437 $$ TLM
653 WGUS75 KPUB 112347 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 547 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014 COC041-120130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140712T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 547 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 543 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... THE YODER AND ELLICOTT AREAS INCLUDING BRACKET CRREK AND BIG SPRING CREEK. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN ISOLATED AREAS WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3893 10416 3871 10429 3873 10444 3895 10437 $$ TLM
158 WGUS75 KPUB 120029 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 629 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014 COC041-120037- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-140712T0130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 629 PM MDT FRI JUL 11 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS CONTINUE TO RECEDE...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE DRIVE WITH CARE ON SATURATED COUNTY ROADS...AS THEY WILL BE SOFT AND COULD CAUSE YOU TO LOSE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE. LAT...LON 3893 10416 3871 10429 3873 10444 3895 10437 $$ TLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 11:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 11:43 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:53 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 12:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 24 min |
| Jul 11, 4:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 5:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 5:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.