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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 16, 2014El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2014, 12:10 PM MDT for El Paso 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 16, 2014, 12:10 PM MDT (18:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2014, 3:15 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), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 12:00Z on 2014-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 43 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2014-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-299 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
952 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
184 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.

698 
WGUS55 KPUB 161812
FFWPUB
COC041-162115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0027.140716T1810Z-140716T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1210 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT
    
* AT 1210 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. FLASH FLOODING 
  IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB...CIMARRON HILLS AND
  SCHRIEVER AFB.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...JIMMY CAMP
CREEK...WILLIAMS CREEK...BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...SAND CREEK AND CHICO
CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3886 10475 3894 10467 3887 10440 3871 10453

$$

STARK
2 follow-up statements
769 
WGUS75 KPUB 161837
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1236 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

COC041-162115-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140716T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
1236 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 1236 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO 
PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY 
RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. SOILS ARE SATURATED...SO FLASH 
FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...SCHRIEVER AFB AND CIMARRON HILLS. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...JIMMY CAMP
CREEK...WILLIAMS CREEK...BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...SAND CREEK AND CHICO
CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3885 10470 3892 10464 3887 10440 3871 10453

$$

STARK
256 
WGUS75 KPUB 161910
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
110 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

COC041-161920-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140716T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
110 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3885 10470 3892 10464 3887 10440 3871 10453

$$

STARK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee30 min
Jul 15, 6:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
Jul 15, 6:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBLake3 hr
Jul 15, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero23 min
Jul 15, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas28 min
Jul 15, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache40 min
Jul 15, 8:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller52 min
Jul 15, 8:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBMineral35 min
Jul 15, 11:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min
Jul 16, 11:29 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 14 more13 hr
Jul 16, 11:50 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso55 min
Jul 16, 12:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso30 min
Jul 16, 12:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso33 min
Jul 16, 12:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Jul 16, 12:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBConejos26 min
Jul 16, 1:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBFremont2 hr
Jul 16, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Fremont, Pueblo40 min
Jul 16, 2:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBMineral, Rio Grande3 hr
Jul 16, 2:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
Jul 16, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCuster, Huerfano, Pueblo51 min
Jul 16, 2:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller3 hr
Jul 16, 2:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller39 min
Jul 16, 2:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Jul 16, 3:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso41 min
Jul 16, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas39 min
Jul 16, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBHuerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo20 min
Jul 16, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso38 min
Jul 16, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas46 min
Jul 16, 3:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso5 hr
Jul 16, 4:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBLas Animas3 hr
Jul 16, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBLas Animas19 min
Jul 16, 4:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBPueblo3 hr
Jul 16, 5:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCrowley6 hr
Jul 16, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas48 min

Nearby

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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.