Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2014, 9:33 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 hr. 3 reports 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 27, 2014, 9:33 PM MDT (03:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 28, 2014, 1:05 AM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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 28, 12:00 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.55 | 3 N Pueblo Reservoir, CO | FELL BETWEEN 8 PM AND MIDNIGHT. |
| Jul 28, 12:00 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.34 | 3 Sw Pueblo West, CO | |
| Jul 28, 12:28 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.86 | 2 Sw Pueblo West, CO |
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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 479 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
555
WGUS55 KPUB 280333
FFWPUB
COC101-280630-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0049.140728T0333Z-140728T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
933 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1230 AM MDT
* AT 932 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER PUEBLO WEST. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PUEBLO...PUEBLO RESERVOIR AND PUEBLO WEST.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3844 10469 3827 10463 3825 10480 3843 10488
$$
SR3 follow-up statements
416 WGUS75 KPUB 280424 RRA FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1024 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2014 COC101-280630- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140728T0630Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 1024 PM MDT SUN JUL 27 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 1023 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 50. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...PUEBLO RESERVOIR AND PUEBLO WEST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN NORTHERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST WITHIN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3844 10469 3827 10463 3825 10480 3843 10488 $$ KT
888
WGUS55 KPUB 280610
FFWPUB
COC101-280800-
/O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140728T0800Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1210 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 200 AM MDT
* AT 1209 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST. UP TO TWO INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PUEBLO...PUEBLO RESERVOIR AND PUEBLO WEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3844 10469 3827 10463 3825 10480 3843 10488
$$
KT535 WGUS75 KPUB 280705 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 105 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 COC101-280715- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-140728T0800Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 105 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3844 10469 3827 10463 3825 10480 3843 10488 $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 28 min |
| Jul 27, 6:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 6:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 49 min |
| Jul 27, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| Jul 27, 7:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 7:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Otero, Pueblo | 119 min |
| Jul 27, 8:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 56 min |
| Jul 27, 8:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 26 min |
| Jul 27, 8:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 117 min |
| Jul 27, 8:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 8:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 9:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Jul 27, 10:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:33 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 12:39 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 1:37 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:21 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 12 more | 19 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Conejos, Costilla and 15 more | 33 hr |
| Jul 28, 2:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 113 min |
| Jul 28, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 3:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Teller | 116 min |
| Jul 28, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 37 min |
| Jul 28, 4:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 4:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 117 min |
| Jul 28, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 32 min |
| Jul 28, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 29 min |
| Jul 28, 5:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 30 min |
| Jul 28, 5:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 4 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 34 min |
| Jul 28, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 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.