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Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Pueblo, CO

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

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2014, 6:47 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo 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, 2014, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2014, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 23 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

722 
WGUS55 KPUB 150047
FFWPUB
COC041-101-150345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0023.140715T0047Z-140715T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT
    
* AT 644 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY WHERE UP TO AN INCH OF 
  RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.  OF 
  PARTICULAR CONCERN IS THE AREA FROM PUEBLO WEST...INTO THE PUEBLO 
  CITY PROPER...WHERE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCED FLOODING EARLIER THIS 
  AFTERNOON.  IT WILL NOT TAKE MUCH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO PRODUCE 
  FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE AREA.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  PUEBLO...PUEBLO WEST...PINON...PUEBLO RESERVOIR...BLENDE...SALT
  CREEK AND MIDWAY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3853 10457 3824 10443 3824 10476 3835 10487
      3853 10490

$$

KAM
2 follow-up statements
926 
WGUS75 KPUB 150125
FFSPUB

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

COC041-101-150345-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140715T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
725 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO AND SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES...

AT 724 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THE HEAVIEST 
RAINFALL IS CURRENTLY MOVING SOUTH ACROSS PUEBLO WEST...WITH A 
SECOND AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINFALL DROPPING SOUTH ALONG AND 
EAST OF INTERSTATE 25...NEAR THE PUEBLO AIRPORT.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PUEBLO...PUEBLO WEST...PINON...PUEBLO RESERVOIR...BLENDE...SALT CREEK
AND MIDWAY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE WHERE 
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS LOCATED.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3853 10457 3824 10443 3824 10476 3835 10487
      3853 10490

$$

KAM
815 
WGUS75 KPUB 150147
FFSPUB

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

COC041-101-150156-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0023.000000T0000Z-140715T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PUEBLO CO-EL PASO CO-
747 PM MDT MON JUL 14 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO AND SOUTH CENTRAL
EL PASO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO 
POSE A THREAT.  THERE MAY STILL BE AREAS WHERE WATER IS OVER 
ROADWAYS...AND STREAMS AND DRAINAGES MAY BE RUNNING HIGH AND FAST.

LAT...LON 3853 10457 3824 10443 3824 10476 3835 10487
      3853 10490

$$

KAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont41 min
Jul 14, 6:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 14, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso46 min
Jul 14, 6:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso2 hr
Jul 14, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBKiowa30 min
Jul 14, 6:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Jul 14, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano26 min
Jul 14, 7:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso37 min
Jul 15, 12:47 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 15, 1:54 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley36 min
Jul 15, 2:18 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller27 min
Jul 15, 2:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley31 min
Jul 15, 3:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero23 min
Jul 15, 4:08 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller20 hr
Jul 15, 8:28 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningPUBBent3 hr
Jul 15, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla34 min
Jul 15, 1:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster37 min
Jul 15, 1:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee28 min
Jul 15, 1:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Saguache19 min
Jul 15, 2:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min
Jul 15, 2:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller31 min
Jul 15, 2:26 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBOtero35 hr
Jul 15, 2:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont37 min
Jul 15, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee31 min
Jul 15, 3:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller32 min
Jul 15, 4:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 15, 4:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCostilla38 min
Jul 15, 4:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano51 min
Jul 15, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBRio Grande32 min
Jul 15, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo50 min
Jul 15, 5:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBConejos, Costilla39 min
Jul 15, 5:10 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
Jul 15, 5:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas3 hr
Jul 15, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.