Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Pueblo, CO
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.
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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
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.
- 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
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
$$
STARK2 follow-up statements
769 WGUS75 KPUB 161837 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1236 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014 COC041-162115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-140716T2115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1236 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 1236 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN OVER THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS. SOILS ARE SATURATED...SO FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...SCHRIEVER AFB AND CIMARRON HILLS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...JIMMY CAMP CREEK...WILLIAMS CREEK...BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK...SAND CREEK AND CHICO CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3885 10470 3892 10464 3887 10440 3871 10453 $$ 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 15, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 6:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Lake | 3 hr |
| Jul 15, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 23 min |
| Jul 15, 7:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 7:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 8:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 8:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Mineral | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 11:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| Jul 16, 11:29 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 14 more | 13 hr |
| Jul 16, 11:50 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 55 min |
| Jul 16, 12:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jul 16, 12:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| Jul 16, 12:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Jul 16, 12:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Conejos | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 1:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 2 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 40 min |
| Jul 16, 2:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Mineral, Rio Grande | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 26 min |
| Jul 16, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano, Pueblo | 51 min |
| Jul 16, 2:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 2:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 2:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Jul 16, 3:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| Jul 16, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 20 min |
| Jul 16, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| Jul 16, 3:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 5 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 19 min |
| Jul 16, 4:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley | 6 hr |
| Jul 16, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 48 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.