Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2014, 2:54 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas 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
- Aug 5, 2014, 2:54 PM MDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2014, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:54 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 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 305 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2090 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
514
WGUS55 KPUB 052054
FFWPUB
COC055-071-052300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0060.140805T2054Z-140805T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
254 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT
* AT 252 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR AND SPANISH PEAKS. UP TO
ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT
IN DEBRIS FLOW. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF
ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SPANISH PEAKS AND THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3748 10478 3739 10477 3737 10497 3748 10494
$$
SR3 follow-up statements
020 WGUS75 KPUB 052113 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 313 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014 COC055-071-052300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140805T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAS ANIMAS CO-HUERFANO CO- 313 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR... AT 311 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE BEAR CREEK DRAINAGE...AND OVER THE SLOPES OF EAST PEAK. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SPANISH PEAKS. THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3748 10478 3739 10477 3737 10497 3748 10494 $$ SR
873 WGUS75 KPUB 052140 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014 COC055-071-052300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140805T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAS ANIMAS CO-HUERFANO CO- 340 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES... AT 338 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE BEAR CREEK DRAINAGE AND UPPER SLOPES OF THE EAST PEAK. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SPANISH PEAKS. THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. STORMS CONTINUE TO REGENERATE OVER THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. 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 3748 10478 3739 10477 3737 10497 3748 10494 $$ SR
287 WGUS75 KPUB 052237 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 437 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014 COC055-071-052246- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-140805T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LAS ANIMAS CO-HUERFANO CO- 437 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN LAS ANIMAS AND SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3748 10478 3739 10477 3737 10497 3748 10494 $$ SR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 32 min |
| Aug 4, 9:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 113 min |
| Aug 5, 1:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Mineral | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 12:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 1:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 2:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 2:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Aug 5, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
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.