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Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 26, 2014Baca County, Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2014, 10:19 PM MDT for Baca County, Bent County, Prowers County, 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: Jul 26, 2014, 10:19 PM MDT (04:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2014, 1:15 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 240 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2393 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

478 
WGUS55 KPUB 270419
FFWPUB
COC009-011-099-270715-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0044.140727T0419Z-140727T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1019 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
  SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 115 AM MDT
    
* AT 1016 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A CLUSTER OF 
  THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN PROWERS AND WESTERN BACA COUNTIES 
  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES AN HOUR 
  ARE OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED OVER 3 
  INCHES OF RAIN SINCE 9 PM. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SPRINGFIELD...WALSH...PRITCHETT...VILAS...TWO BUTTES AND TWO BUTTES
  RESERVOIR.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3801 10245 3721 10221 3719 10306 3804 10300
      3806 10285

$$

HODANISH

4 follow-up statements

926 
WGUS75 KPUB 270509
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1109 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2014

COC009-011-099-270715-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-140727T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PROWERS CO-BACA CO-BENT CO-
1109 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS...CENTRAL BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...

AT 1104 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY 
OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY ON THE COUNTY ROADS.

WIDESPREAD AMOUNTS OF ONE TO 2 INCHES HAS FALLEN OVER THE WARNED 
AREA SINCE 930 PM. SOME AREAS HAVE RECEIVED NEARLY 4 INCHES OF RAIN. 
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES AN HOUR ARE STILL OCCURRING WITH 
THE STRONGER STORMS. THE ACTIVITY IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 
TO 10 MPH.

HIGHWAY 287 FROM THE COLORADO BORDER TO LAMAR WILL BE AFFECTED BY 
THIS HEAVY RAIN.

STREAMS AND DRAINAGES INCLUDED ARE...ANTELOPE CREEK... RULE 
CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...LONE ROCK DRAW...PLUM CREEK...EAST CARRIZO 
CREEK...SNAKE ARROYO...LITTLE ANGRY CREEK...SAND ARROYO 
CREEK...NORTH PLUM CREEK...WEST MUD CREEK...MAVERICK CREEK...LITTLE 
HORSE CREEK...MUD CREEK...NORTH BUTTE CREEK...NORTH MULE CREEK... 
FREEZEOUT CREEK...LITTLE BEAR CREEK...SOUTH MULE CREEK...CLAY 
CREEK...BEAR CREEK...CADDOA CREEK...EAST MUD CREEK...CAT CREEK... 
RATTLESNAKE CREEK...EAST DRY CREEK...EAST CLAY CREEK...SAND CREEK... 
DRY CREEK AND SOUTH PLUM CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

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

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 10245 3721 10221 3719 10306 3804 10300
      3806 10285

$$

HODANISH

239 
WGUS75 KPUB 270534
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1134 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2014

COC009-011-099-270715-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-140727T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PROWERS CO-BACA CO-BENT CO-
1134 PM MDT SAT JUL 26 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS...CENTRAL BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...

AT 1131 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIER RAIN WAS 
GRADUALLY DECREASING ACROSS BENT AND BACA COUNTIES...WHILE LOCALLY 
HEAVY RAIN WAS STILL OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF PROWERS COUNTY. THE 
RAIN IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE IN INTENSITY AS THE CLUSTER 
OF STORMS SHIFT EAST INTO KANSAS.

ALTHOUGH THE RAIN IS SLOWLY DECREASING...FLASH FLOODING IS STILL 
LIKELY OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY ON RURAL ROADS ACROSS PROWERS...BENT 
AND BACA COUNTIES. HIGHWAY 287 WILL CONTINUE TO RECEIVE RAINFALL 
THROUGH AT LEAST MIDNIGHT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE 
DANGERS OF FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ON RURAL ROADS. 

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

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 10245 3721 10221 3719 10306 3804 10300
      3806 10285

$$

HODANISH

270 
WGUS75 KPUB 270644
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1244 AM MDT SUN JUL 27 2014

COC009-011-099-270715-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-140727T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PROWERS CO-BACA CO-BENT CO-
1244 AM MDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 115 AM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS...CENTRAL BACA AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES...

AT 1240 AM MDT...STEADY LIGHT RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS PORTIONS 
OF BENT AND PROWERS COUNTY WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR 
ESTIMATED UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE OPEN COUNTRY 
SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 BETWEEN LAMAR AND JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR 
EXTENDING SOUTHWARD TO AROUND PRITCHETT.  ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN 
HAS ENDED...FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THIS AREA UNTIL THE 
WATER HAS HAD A CHANCE TO RECEDE.  
 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL.

&&

LAT...LON 3801 10245 3721 10221 3719 10306 3804 10300
      3806 10285

$$

KT

806 
WGUS75 KPUB 270709
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
109 AM MDT SUN JUL 27 2014

COC009-011-099-270719-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-140727T0715Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PROWERS CO-BACA CO-BENT CO-
109 AM MDT SUN JUL 27 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS...CENTRAL BACA
AND SOUTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 115 AM MDT...

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 3801 10245 3721 10221 3719 10306 3804 10300
      3806 10285

$$

KT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 6:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Mineral	2 hr
Jul 26, 7:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	23 min
Jul 26, 8:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Teller	117 min
Jul 26, 9:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers	3 hr
Jul 27, 1:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	28 min
Jul 27, 2:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Teller	36 min
Jul 27, 2:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	27 min
Jul 27, 2:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	118 min
Jul 27, 3:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	31 min
Jul 27, 3:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
Jul 27, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	31 min
Jul 27, 5:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Las Animas	2 hr
Jul 27, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Huerfano	33 min
Jul 27, 5:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	El Paso, Pueblo	3 hr

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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.