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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2014, 8:29 PM MDT for Fremont 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 29, 2014, 8:29 PM MDT (02:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2014, 10:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Fremont County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 218 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1146 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
352
WGUS55 KPUB 300229
FFWPUB
COC043-300430-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0056.140730T0229Z-140730T0430Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
829 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT
* AT 827 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EIGHT MILE BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR
WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE EIGHT MILE CREEK AND
PHANTOM CANYON DRAINAGE. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF
ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN
FREMONT COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...EIGHTMILE 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.
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.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3855 10507 3852 10508 3854 10511 3856 10510
$$
MW3 follow-up statements
120 WGUS75 KPUB 300256 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 856 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COC043-300430- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-140730T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FREMONT CO- 856 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY... AT 852 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING BETWEEN 0.50 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE EIGHT MILE BURN SCAR. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE EIGHT MILE CREEK AND PHANTOM CANYON DRAINAGE. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...EIGHTMILE CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3855 10507 3852 10508 3854 10511 3856 10510 $$ MW
196 WGUS75 KPUB 300334 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 934 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COC043-300430- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-140730T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FREMONT CO- 934 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1030 PM MDT FOR EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY... AT 931 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE BETWEEN 1/2 AND 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS THE EIGHT MILE BURN SCAR. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE EIGHT MILE CREEK AND PHANTOM CANYON DRAINAGE. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...EIGHTMILE 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. 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. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3855 10507 3852 10508 3854 10511 3856 10510 $$ MW
999 WGUS75 KPUB 300425 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1025 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COC043-300434- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-140730T0430Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FREMONT CO- 1025 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 1030 PM MDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3855 10507 3852 10508 3854 10511 3856 10510 $$ MW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 119 min |
| Jul 29, 6:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 118 min |
| Jul 29, 6:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 8:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 8:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 9:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 9:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers | 5 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 6 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 11 more | 18 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:17 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:18 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:41 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 12:48 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Las Animas, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:36 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Baca | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:06 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 117 min |
| Jul 30, 2:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 117 min |
| Jul 30, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 22 min |
| Jul 30, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 32 min |
| Jul 30, 5:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 5:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Saguache | 2 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.