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Flash Flood Warning 41, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2014, 2:54 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 2014, 2:54 PM MDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2014, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:58 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:00 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.79 | 1 Ne Cascade, CO | REPORTED BY GAUGE AT UPPER WALDO CANYON ABOVE CASCADE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3184 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
693
WGUS55 KPUB 192054
FFWPUB
COC041-192300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0041.140719T2054Z-140719T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
254 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT
* AT 252 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF WALDO BURN SCAR. FLASH
FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE
BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN
DRAINAGES OF THE WALDO PARTICULARLY WALDO CANYON. THE DEBRIS FLOW
CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...CHIPITA PARK AND
CASCADE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...CAMP CREEK...
INCLUDING QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST
STREET CHANNEL...FOUNTAIN CREEK...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING
EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR FORCE ACADEMY...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING
MOUNTAIN SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK...MONUMENT
CREEK...SAND GULCH...INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK...CABIN CREEK...FRENCH
CREEK...WILLIAMS CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS...NORTH DOUGLAS
CREEK...INCLUDING OAK VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK...
WALDO CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS AND WELLINGTON GULCH...
INCLUDING CHIPITA PARK.
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 3892 10501 3896 10498 3891 10485 3885 10491
$$
KT4 follow-up statements
573 WGUS75 KPUB 192113 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 313 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 COC041-192300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-140719T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 313 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 309 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED OFF THE WALDO BURN SCAR. SOME MUD AND ASH FLOWS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 24. A RAIN GAGE IN UPPER WALDO CANYON REPORTED .51 OF RAIN...AND THIS WATER IS EXPECTED TO FLOW DOWN WALDO CANYON SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN DRAINAGES OF THE BURN SCAR INCLUDING SAND GULCH...WELLINGTON GULCH...FOUNTAIN AND WALDO. DEBRIS FLOWS CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...HIGHWAY 24...CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3892 10501 3896 10498 3891 10485 3885 10491 $$ KT
348 WGUS75 KPUB 192124 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 324 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 COC041-192300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-140719T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 324 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 319 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WALDO BURN SCAR. UPPER WALDO BURN CANYON REPORTED .79 INCHES OF RAIN AND THE WEB CAM ON LOWER WALDO NEAR MANITOU SHOWS FLOOD WATERS ARE COMING DOWN THE CANYON. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED MUD FLOWS ACROSS HIGHWAY 24 NEAR MILE MARKER 296 SOUTHEAST OF CASCADE. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE WALDO CANYON AND THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE BURN SCAR. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE. 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 3892 10501 3896 10498 3891 10485 3885 10491 $$ KT
969 WGUS75 KPUB 192155 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 355 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 COC041-192300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-140719T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 355 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 349 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR WITH THE UPPER WALDO CANYON GAGE REPORTING .79 OF RAINFALL. RAINFALL HAS MOVED OFF THE BURN SCAR. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING ALONG WITH MUD AND ASH FLOWS ARE OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 24 AT MILE MARKER 296 NEAR CASCADE AND THROUGH THE WALDO CANYON DRAINAGE BASED ON THE LIVE WEB CAMERA FEED. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH WALDO CANYON AND ACROSS PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 24 SOUTHEAST OF CASCADE. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3892 10501 3896 10498 3891 10485 3885 10491 $$ KT
860 WGUS75 KPUB 192228 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 428 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 COC041-192300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0041.000000T0000Z-140719T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 428 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 424 PM MDT...RAIN HAD STOPPED FALLING ON THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR...HOWEVER WATER WAS CONTINUING TO FLOW THROUGH THE BURN SCAR FROM THE HEAVY RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER. EVEN THOUGH RAIN WAS NO LONGER FALLING...FLASH FLOODING ALONG WITH MUD AND ASH FLOWS ARE STILL OCCURRING ON HIGHWAY 24 AT MILE MARKER 296 NEAR CASCADE AND THROUGH THE WALDO CANYON DRAINAGE. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH WALDO CANYON. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. 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 3892 10501 3896 10498 3891 10485 3885 10491 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Mineral | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 2:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 115 min |
| Jul 19, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Conejos, Rio Grande | 49 min |
| Jul 19, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| Jul 19, 4:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 43 min |
| Jul 19, 5:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 36 min |
| Jul 19, 5:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.