Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2014, 4:06 PM MDT for Kiowa County, Colorado. It was in force for 114 min. 4 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 29, 2014, 4:06 PM MDT (22:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2014, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 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 29, 4:13 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ese Eads, CO | STREET FLOODING AT LEAST 6 INCHES DEEP |
| Jul 29, 4:24 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eads, CO | 3 TO 6 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING OVER STREETS THROUGHOUT EADS. 10 TO 12 INCHES OF WATER RUNNING THROUGH SMALL DRAINAGE DITCHES. ROAD THROUGH UNDERPASS IS CLOSED. |
| Jul 29, 4:59 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eads, CO | HIGHWAY 287 CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING |
| Jul 29, 5:32 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Eads, CO | ESTIMATED 8 TO 10 INCHES OF WATER IS FLOWING SOUTH ACROSS YARDS. |
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, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 155 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1262 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
026
WGUS55 KPUB 292206
FFWPUB
COC061-300000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0053.140729T2206Z-140730T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
406 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 400 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN IN NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY...WHERE HEAVY RAIN HAS
BEEN FALLING SINCE AT LEAST 300 PM. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 300 PM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
IN EADS AND ALONG HIGHWAY 287.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EADS.
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 3861 10259 3842 10258 3840 10295 3861 10296
$$
284 follow-up statements
179 WGUS75 KPUB 292217 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 417 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COC061-300000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140730T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIOWA CO- 417 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY... AT 414 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN EADS. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EADS AND HIGHWAY 287. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3861 10259 3842 10258 3840 10295 3861 10296 $$ 28
234 WGUS75 KPUB 292230 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 430 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COC061-300000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140730T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIOWA CO- 430 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY... AT 428 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN EADS...WITH WATER AROUND A FOOT DEEP IN DRAINAGE DITCHES AND WATER UP TO 6 INCHES DEEP ON ROADWAYS. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EADS AND HIGHWAY 287. 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 3861 10259 3842 10258 3840 10295 3861 10296 $$ 28
871 WGUS75 KPUB 292256 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 456 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COC061-300000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140730T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIOWA CO- 456 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY... AT 449 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...WITH THE HEAVIEST RAIN JUST SOUTH OF EADS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 40. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EADS AND VICINITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3861 10259 3842 10258 3840 10295 3861 10296 $$ 28
566 WGUS75 KPUB 292330 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 530 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COC061-300000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0053.000000T0000Z-140730T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIOWA CO- 530 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY... AT 529 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EADS...HIGHWAY 287 AND RURAL AREAS OF NORTH CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. 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 3861 10259 3842 10258 3840 10295 3861 10296 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 6:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 6:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:55 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 12:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 1:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 30 min | |
| Jul 29, 1:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 1:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 54 min |
| Jul 29, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Jul 29, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 3:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 3:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa | 117 min |
| Jul 29, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 4:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 117 min |
| Jul 29, 4:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 4:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Mineral, Rio Grande | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 5:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Jul 29, 5:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 22 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.