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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2014, 5:00 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 19, 2014, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2014, 7:00 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 23:02 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 12:00Z, 11.0 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.
309
WGUS55 KPUB 192300
FFWPUB
COC041-200000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0042.140719T2300Z-140720T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
500 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 600 PM MDT
* AT 458 PM MDT...THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
THAT MUD AND ASH WERE STILL FLOWING ONTO HIGHWAY 24 AROUND MILE
MARKER 296 NEAR CASCADE. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
* 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.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 10501 3896 10498 3891 10485 3885 10491
$$
283 follow-up statements
428 WGUS75 KPUB 192312 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 512 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 COC041-200000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-140720T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 512 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 508 PM MDT...THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED THAT WATER...MUD AND ASH WERE STILL FLOWING ONTO HIGHWAY 24 NEAR CASCADE. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR...THE FLOW OF WATER AND DEBRIS WILL POSE A THREAT TO HIGHWAY 24 THROUGH ABOUT 6 PM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 24 NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF CASCADE...THE FOUNTAIN AND WALDO DRAINAGES ON THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3892 10501 3896 10498 3891 10485 3885 10491 $$ 28
925
WGUS55 KPUB 192359
FFWPUB
COC041-200100-
/O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-140720T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
559 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT
* AT 553 PM MDT...THE COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION REPORTED
THAT WATER...MUD AND ASH WAS CONTINUING TO FLOW ONTO HIGHWAY
24...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
HIGHWAY 24 AROUND MILE MARKER 296 NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF
CASCADE...THE FOUNTAIN AND WALDO DRAINAGES ON THE WALDO CANYON
BURN SCAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3892 10501 3896 10498 3891 10485 3885 10491
$$203 WGUS75 KPUB 200053 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 653 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 COC041-200101- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-140720T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 653 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT... WATER...MUD AND ASH ARE NO LONGER FLOWING ONTO HIGHWAY 24 AND THUS THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 7 PM. LAT...LON 3892 10501 3896 10498 3891 10485 3885 10491 $$ 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, 2:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| 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, 5:09 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.