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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2014, 1:38 PM MDT for El Paso 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
- Aug 10, 2014, 1:38 PM MDT (19:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2014, 4:19 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 61 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1323 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
466 WGUS55 KPUB 101938 FFWPUB COC041-102130- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0064.140810T1938Z-140810T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 138 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 330 PM MDT * AT 136 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM FALCON TO SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE WITH UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON AND SCHRIEVER AFB. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH OR MORE IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...JIMMY CAMP CREEK...SAND CREEK...WILLIAMS CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK. 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 3893 10449 3879 10451 3879 10464 3896 10468 $$ TLM
6 follow-up statements
918 WGUS75 KPUB 102007 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 207 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 COC041-102130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140810T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 207 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 205 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...AND AN ADDITIONAL INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON AND SCHRIEVER AFB. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...JIMMY CAMP CREEK...SAND CREEK...WILLIAMS CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3893 10449 3879 10451 3879 10464 3896 10468 $$ ETP
854 WGUS75 KPUB 102033 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 233 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 COC041-102130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140810T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 233 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 232 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN THE AREA NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF FALCON. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON AND SCHRIEVER AFB. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...JIMMY CAMP CREEK...SAND CREEK...WILLIAMS CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3893 10449 3879 10451 3879 10464 3896 10468 $$ ETP
365 WGUS75 KPUB 102049 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 249 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 COC041-102130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140810T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 249 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 247 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ENDING OVER THE WARNED AREA...WITH MAINLY LIGHT RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT HOUR. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN NEAR FALCON...WHICH WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON AND SCHRIEVER AFB. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...JIMMY CAMP CREEK...SAND CREEK...WILLIAMS CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3893 10449 3879 10451 3879 10464 3896 10468 $$ ETP
708
WGUS55 KPUB 102125
FFWPUB
COC041-102230-
/O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140810T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
325 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 320 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE FALCON AREA...WHERE
HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 2 INCHES HAS ALREADY FALLEN THIS
AFTERNOON. A RENEWED THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY ACROSS THE AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON AND SCHRIEVER AFB.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...JIMMY CAMP
CREEK...SAND CREEK...WILLIAMS CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3893 10449 3879 10451 3879 10464 3896 10468
$$
ETP794 WGUS75 KPUB 102145 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 345 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 COC041-102230- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140810T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 345 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 342 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORM WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN MOVING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND AN ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN IS POSSIBLE THROUGH 430 PM MDT. RAINFALL OF AROUND TWO INCHES HAS ALREADY OCCURRED NEAR FALCON...WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY IN THE AREA NEAR AND JUST SOUTH OF FALCON. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EASTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON AND SCHRIEVER AFB. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...JIMMY CAMP CREEK...SAND CREEK...WILLIAMS CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3893 10449 3879 10451 3879 10464 3896 10468 $$ ETP
637 WGUS75 KPUB 102219 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 419 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 COC041-102228- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-140810T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 419 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... OCCASIONAL LIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTENOON...BUT THE IMMEDIATE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED. LAT...LON 3893 10449 3879 10451 3879 10464 3896 10468 $$ ETP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Aug 9, 7:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 11:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 12:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
| Aug 10, 12:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 12:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 1:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| Aug 10, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Aug 10, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 32 min |
| Aug 10, 2:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Aug 10, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 2:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 119 min |
| Aug 10, 2:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 112 min |
| Aug 10, 2:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 2:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 3:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 3:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 4:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Teller | 118 min |
| Aug 10, 4:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 26 min |
| Aug 10, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 4:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 4:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 91 min |
| Aug 10, 4:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 118 min |
| Aug 10, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 37 min |
| Aug 10, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 24 min |
| Aug 10, 5:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 23 min |
| Aug 10, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 33 min |
| Aug 10, 5:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 6 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 113 min |
| Aug 10, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 37 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.