Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Jul 16, 2014, 2:33 PM MDT (20:33 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 2014, 5:30 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO

The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS55 KPUB 162033
FFWPUB
COC079-105-162330-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0029.140716T2033Z-140716T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  MINERAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
  WEST CENTRAL RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
  PARTICULARLY FOR THE WEST FORK COMPLEX BURN SCAR AREA...

* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
    
* AT 223 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN APPROACHING THE WEST FORK COMPLEX BURN SCAR AREA.  
  RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.25 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN.  ADDITIONAL 
  AMOUNTS UP TO 0.50 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.  FLASH FLOODING WILL BE 
  POSSIBLE SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR COULD 
  RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOWS MOVING THROUGH CREEKS AND DRAINAGES IN THE 
  WEST FORK COMPLEX BURN SCAR AREA. THE DEBRIS FLOWS CAN CONSIST OF 
  ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...CREEKS AND 
  DRAINAGES IN THE WEST FORK COMPLEX BURN SCAR AREA. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 0.50" ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA.

THIS COULD INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...SIERRA 
CREEK...SHALLOW CREEK...RAINBOW CREEK...HOPE CREEK...COPPER 
CREEK...BLUE CREEK...SPRING CREEK...WEST FORK SAN JUAN RIVER...ALDER 
CREEK... PIERCE CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...EAST FORK ALDER CREEK...PASS 
CREEK... LEOPARD CREEK...BEAR CREEK...WEST BELLOWS CREEK...FALL 
CREEK...CLEAR CREEK...LAKE CREEK...WEST TROUT CREEK...CIMARRON 
CREEK...KELLY CREEK...PARK CREEK...MINERS CREEK...BURRO 
CREEK...SOUTH FORK RIO GRANDE...FISHER CREEK...LIME CREEK...DEEP 
CREEK AND IVY CREEK.

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 3780 10713 3784 10694 3780 10671 3777 10666
      3766 10653 3754 10664 3751 10668 3744 10693
      3746 10713 3767 10713 3768 10715 3772 10715

$$

LW

367 
WGUS75 KPUB 162134
FFSPUB

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

COC079-105-162143-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-140716T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
334 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MINERAL AND WEST CENTRAL RIO GRANDE
COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3780 10713 3784 10694 3780 10671 3777 10666
      3766 10653 3754 10664 3751 10668 3744 10693
      3746 10713 3767 10713 3768 10715 3772 10715

$$

LW

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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.