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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 15, 2014Las Animas County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 15, 2014, 5:10 PM MDT for Las Animas 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 15, 2014, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2014, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Las Animas County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 278 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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.

714 
WGUS55 KPUB 152310
FFWPUB
COC071-160200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0024.140715T2310Z-140716T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
510 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT
    
* AT 507 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE PURGATOIRE 
  RIVER...FROM STONEWALL TO SEGUNDO.  UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS 
  ALREADY FALLEN. HEAVY RAIN FELL OVER THAT AREA YESTERDAY AND THE 
  GROUND IS LIKELY STILL SATURATED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 
  BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA COULD 
  CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF 
  ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 
  SEGUNDO...STONEWALL AND WESTON. 

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

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...HOWLETT CREEK...
RINCON CREEK...CHERRY CREEK...BURRO CANYON...FISH CREEK...LITTLE
ALMOSA CANYON...PURGATOIRE RIVER...DULING CREEK...REILLY CANYON...
LONG CANYON...SOUTH FORK PURGATOIRE RIVER...BONITA CANYON...SPRING
CANYON...MARTINEZ CANYON...NORTH FORK PURGATOIRE RIVER...WILKINS
CREEK...WHISKEY CREEK...LITTLE VERMEJO CREEK...WET CANYON...
GUAJATOYAH CREEK AND LORENCITO CANYON.

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. 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3722 10503 3715 10469 3713 10461 3699 10466
      3700 10515

$$

LW
1 follow-up statement
214 
WGUS75 KPUB 160119
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
719 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014

COC071-160129-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0024.000000T0000Z-140716T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
719 PM MDT TUE JUL 15 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.

LAT...LON 3722 10503 3715 10469 3713 10461 3699 10466
      3700 10515

$$

LW

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, 6:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo3 hr
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, 5:14 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.