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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 14, 2014Crowley County, El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2014, 4:32 PM MDT for Crowley County, El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 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, 2014, 4:32 PM MDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 2014, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Crowley County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:34 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 369 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1411 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

420 
WGUS55 KPUB 142232
FFWPUB
COC025-041-101-150130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0020.140714T2232Z-140715T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
432 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
    
* AT 431 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN NEAR TRUCKTON. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  TRUCKTON AND RUSH. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...POND CREEK...WEST
BRANCH STEELS FORK HORSE CREEK...BIG SPRINGS CREEK...BLACK SQUIRREL
CREEK AND HAYNES CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3887 10406 3851 10405 3851 10438 3874 10438
      3879 10417 3890 10427 3890 10405

$$

MOORE

3 follow-up statements

635 
WGUS55 KPUB 150118
FFWPUB
COC025-041-101-150300-
/O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140715T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
715 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT
    
* AT 715 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS 
  PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR AS IT WAS 
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. 

* AREAS WHICH WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO RECEIVE FLASH FLOODING WILL 
  BE LOCATED IN EAST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AREAS EAST 
  OF ELLICOTT....YODER AND RUSH. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3887 10406 3851 10405 3851 10438 3874 10438
      3879 10417 3890 10427 3890 10405

$$

HODANISH

052 
WGUS75 KPUB 150135
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
732 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014

COC025-041-101-150300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140715T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
732 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY...NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO
COUNTIES...

AT 732 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING 
IN AREAS JUST NORTH OF YODER...TO RUSH IN EAST CENTRAL EL PASO 
COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WERE BEING 
INDICATED. THIS AREA OF HEAVY RAIN WILL MOVE OUT OF THE COUNTY AFTER 
8 PM. LOCAL FLASH FLOODING IN THE YODER AND RUSH AREAS WILL BE 
POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM TONIGHT. TRAVEL ON HIGHWAY 94 IN THE YODER AND 
RUSH AREAS IS HIGHLY DISCOURAGED. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3887 10406 3851 10405 3851 10438 3874 10438
      3879 10417 3890 10427 3890 10405

$$

HODANISH

954 
WGUS75 KPUB 150254
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
853 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014

COC025-041-101-150303-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-140715T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CROWLEY CO-PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
853 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN CROWLEY...NORTHEASTERN
PUEBLO AND SOUTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ALL ROAD CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3887 10406 3851 10405 3851 10438 3874 10438
      3879 10417 3890 10427 3890 10405

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 13, 7:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	27 min
Jul 13, 7:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	36 min
Jul 13, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	29 min
Jul 13, 9:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	30 min
Jul 13, 10:43 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	PUB	Bent	17 hr
Jul 14, 12:25 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	35 min
Jul 14, 1:00 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo	2 hr
Jul 14, 1:08 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	112 min
Jul 14, 1:08 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	22 min
Jul 14, 10:15 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	30 min
Jul 14, 11:36 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	39 min
Jul 14, 12:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	38 min
Jul 14, 12:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	35 min
Jul 14, 12:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	47 min
Jul 14, 12:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	31 min
Jul 14, 1:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	116 min
Jul 14, 1:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Costilla	53 min
Jul 14, 1:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Fremont	117 min
Jul 14, 1:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	24 min
Jul 14, 1:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	44 min
Jul 14, 1:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	34 min
Jul 14, 1:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Teller	119 min
Jul 14, 1:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	39 min
Jul 14, 2:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 14, 2:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Costilla, Las Animas	3 hr
Jul 14, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	46 min
Jul 14, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	30 min
Jul 14, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	37 min
Jul 14, 3:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 14, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	28 min
Jul 14, 3:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	39 min
Jul 14, 3:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jul 14, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Huerfano, Las Animas	47 min
Jul 14, 3:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	2 hr
Jul 14, 3:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	44 min
Jul 14, 4:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Crowley, El Paso, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero, Pueblo	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	El Paso	39 min
Jul 14, 4:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	3 hr
Jul 14, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	45 min
Jul 14, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Chaffee	42 min
Jul 14, 5:03 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	Baca, Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero and 1 more	5 hr
Jul 14, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	26 min
Jul 14, 5:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Crowley	33 min
Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso, Teller	90 min
Jul 14, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Alamosa	30 min
Jul 14, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Chaffee, Fremont	50 min
Jul 14, 5:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Teller	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2014 Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.