Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Jul 16, 2014, 4:22 PM MDT (22:22 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 2014, 7:15 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Las Animas County, CO

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 149 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 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.

154 
WGUS55 KPUB 162222
FFWPUB
COC071-170115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0033.140716T2222Z-140717T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
    
* AT 420 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN EAST OF TRINIDAD AND FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO 
  BEGIN SHORTLY. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
  FALLEN. ALSO...EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BEAR FIRE BURN SCAR 
  WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOWS AND FLASH FLOODING. THE DEBRIS FLOW 
  CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  BRANSON AND TRINCHERA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3710 10443 3723 10449 3730 10395 3700 10373
      3699 10431

$$

KAM

954 
WGUS75 KPUB 162322
FFSPUB

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

COC071-170115-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140717T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
522 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY...

AT 520 PM MDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER SOUTHERN LAS 
ANIMAS COUNTY.  WHILE RAINFALL RATES ARE NOT AS HIGH AS 
EARLIER...RADAR INDICATES THAT IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE 
FALLEN OVER THE AREA.  THIS INCLUDES THE BEAR FIRE BURN SCAR.

EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BEAR FIRE BURN SCAR MAY RESULT IN DEBRIS 
FLOWS AND FLASH FLOODING. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF 
ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
BRANSON AND TRINCHERA. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3710 10443 3723 10449 3730 10395 3700 10373
      3699 10431

$$

KAM

334 
WGUS75 KPUB 170002
FFSPUB

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

COC071-170012-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-140717T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-
602 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3710 10443 3723 10449 3730 10395 3700 10373
      3699 10431

$$

KAM

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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.