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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2014, 10:02 PM MDT for Las Animas 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 29, 2014, 10:02 PM MDT (04:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2014, 1:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:11 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1392 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
841
WGUS55 KPUB 300402
FFWPUB
COC071-300700-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0057.140730T0402Z-140730T0700Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1002 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 100 AM MDT
* AT 1001 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY NEAR THE
NEW MEXICO BORDER. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
LAS ANIMAS COUNTY.
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.
PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU
CAN DO SO SAFELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3706 10309 3700 10309 3700 10333 3706 10333
$$
MW3 follow-up statements
273 WGUS75 KPUB 300432 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1032 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COC071-300700- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-140730T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 1032 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 1030 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED SOUTH AND EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. DOPPLER RADAR IS ESTIMATING BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3706 10309 3700 10309 3700 10333 3706 10333 $$ MW
758 WGUS75 KPUB 300515 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1115 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 COC071-300700- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-140730T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 1115 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY... AT 1111 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO ESTIMATE BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY OVER THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3706 10309 3700 10309 3700 10333 3706 10333 $$ MW
380 WGUS75 KPUB 300657 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1257 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2014 COC071-300707- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0057.000000T0000Z-140730T0700Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAS ANIMAS CO- 1257 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 100 AM MDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3706 10309 3700 10309 3700 10333 3706 10333 $$ 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, 8:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont | 2 hr |
| 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, 10:19 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 |
Nearby
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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.