Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Jul 16, 2014, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 2014, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Fremont County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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.

702 
WGUS55 KPUB 161942
FFWPUB
COC043-162145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0028.140716T1942Z-140716T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT
    
* AT 140 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN OVER THE ROYAL GORGE BURN SCAR.  FLASH FLOODING IS 
  EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR 
  WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE ROYAL GORGE BURN 
  SCAR. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND 
  OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  ROYAL GORGE.

* THIS WARNING IS FOR LOCATION IN AND AND VERY NEAR THE ROYAL GORGE 
  BURN SCAR. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 10525 3842 10528 3844 10537 3848 10536

$$

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248 
WGUS75 KPUB 161957
FFSPUB

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

COC043-162145-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140716T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FREMONT CO-
157 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY...

AT 154 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OFF THE ROYAL GORGE BURN SCAR...AND FLOODING 
FROM THE HEAVY RAIN COULD STILL BE OCCURRING.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW 
MOVING THROUGH THE ROYAL GORGE BURN SCAR. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN 
CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROYAL GORGE.

RADAR ESTIMATED RAINFALL TOTALS AROUND 0.9 OF AN INCH IN 30 MINUTES 
OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3849 10525 3842 10528 3844 10537 3848 10536

$$

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931 
WGUS75 KPUB 162033
FFSPUB

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

COC043-162043-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-140716T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
FREMONT CO-
233 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3849 10525 3842 10528 3844 10537 3848 10536

$$

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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.