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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 13, 20144 counties in Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2014, 6:21 PM MDT for 4 counties in 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
Jun 13, 2014, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2014, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:22 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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 00:00Z on 2014-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 84 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2014-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
84 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
4252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
19 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.

350 
WGUS55 KPUB 140021
FFWPUB
COC009-011-071-099-140315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0004.140614T0021Z-140614T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
621 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  NORTHWESTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 915 PM MDT

* AT 614 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEAST 
  LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. 
  FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A STRONG POSSIBILITY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...TWO BUTTES 
  CREEK DOWN TO TWO BUTTES RESERVOIR...AND RULE CREEK DOWN TO JOHN 
  MARTIN RESERVOIR.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE UNDER THE 
STORM IN THIS WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TWO BUTTES CREEK 
AND RULE CREEK...INCLUDING ALL TRIBUTARY STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DRY 
CREEKS DRAINING INTO THESE CREEKS.

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 3760 10250 3739 10325 3759 10342 3812 10323
      3812 10262

$$

LW
1 follow-up statement
584 
WGUS75 KPUB 140110
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
710 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

COC009-011-071-099-140120-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-140614T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LAS ANIMAS CO-PROWERS CO-BACA CO-BENT CO-
710 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS...SOUTHWESTERN
PROWERS...NORTHWESTERN BACA AND BENT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

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

LAT...LON 3760 10250 3739 10325 3759 10342 3812 10323
      3812 10262

$$

LW

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 13, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca24 min
Jun 13, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca30 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.