Flash Flood Warning 63, NWS Pueblo, CO

Issued

Aug 8, 2014, 1:36 PM MDT (19:36 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2014, 4:30 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Pueblo, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County El Paso County, CO

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

694 
WGUS55 KPUB 081936
FFWPUB
COC041-082230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0063.140808T1936Z-140808T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
136 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING 
  HIGHWAY 115 AND ROCK CREEK ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN 
  AS WELL AS FORT CARSON.

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
    
* AT 134 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH 
  FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS AND FORT CARSON. 

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...LITTLE TURKEY
CREEK...FOUNTAIN CREEK...ROCK CREEK...LITTLE FOUNTAIN CREEK AND
TURKEY CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3875 10476 3866 10472 3865 10493 3874 10492

$$

LW

206 
WGUS75 KPUB 082041
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
241 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2014

COC041-082049-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0063.000000T0000Z-140808T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
241 PM MDT FRI AUG 8 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO 
POSE A THREAT.  HOWEVER...AREAS OF DEEP PONDED WATER WILL REMAIN 
POSSIBLE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.
 
CAUTION SHOULD CONTINUE.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER 
COVERS THE ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3875 10476 3866 10472 3865 10493 3874 10492

$$

LW

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2014Every flash flood warning in 2014

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.