Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 66, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2014, 4:44 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 91 min. 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, 4:44 PM MDT (22:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2014, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 91 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:46 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 199 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.
692
WGUS55 KPUB 102244
FFWPUB
COC101-110015-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0066.140810T2244Z-140811T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
444 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
* AT 442 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
VERY HEAVY RAIN...WITH RADAR ESTIMATING THAT 1 TO 3 INCHES
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PINON AND
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST...AND INTERSTATE 25 IN EXTREME
NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY.
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 3851 10454 3842 10455 3842 10487 3851 10489
$$
283 follow-up statements
129 WGUS75 KPUB 102312 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 512 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 COC101-110015- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140811T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 512 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 509 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR WAS ESTIMATING THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAD ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. ROADS WILL BE FLOODED...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE BANKFULL OR OVERFLOWING...AND EXTENSIVE OVERLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PINON AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST...AND INTERSTATE 25 IN NORTHERN PUEBLO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3851 10454 3842 10455 3842 10487 3851 10489 $$ 28
535 WGUS75 KPUB 102339 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 539 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 COC101-110015- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140811T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 539 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 534 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF FORT CARSON IN PUEBLO COUNTY...WITH LIGHT RAIN OVER EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE INTERSTATE 25 AREA IN PUEBLO COUNTY...INCLUDING THE PINON AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED THAT BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF PINON. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING. EXTENSIVE OVERLAND FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH CREEKS AND STREAMS OVERFLOWING IN SOME AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PINON AND EXTREME NORTHERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST. 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 3851 10454 3842 10455 3842 10487 3851 10489 $$ 28
762 WGUS75 KPUB 110015 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 615 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 COC101-110024- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0066.000000T0000Z-140811T0015Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 615 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT... FLOOD WATERS AREA RECEDING...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. HOWEVER...STANDING WATER CAN STILL BE EXPECTED IN FIELDS AND POSSIBLY ON SOME ROADWAYS. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3851 10454 3842 10455 3842 10487 3851 10489 $$ 28
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, 1:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| 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, 4:47 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.