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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 10, 2014Otero County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2014, 5:46 PM MDT for Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 6 hr. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 10, 2014, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2014, 11:45 PM MDT
In force: 6 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Otero County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 10, 7:21 PM MDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.56	4 S Cheraw, CO
Aug 10, 8:43 PM MDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.78	4 S Cheraw, CO

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

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

066 
WGUS55 KPUB 102346
FFWPUB
COC089-110245-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0068.140810T2346Z-140811T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
546 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT
    
* AT 542 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS 
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY.  RADAR 
  ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 1 AND THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY 
  FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.  OVERLAND FLOODING AND 
  OVERFLOWING CREEKS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED...WITH WATER 
  FLOWING OVER SOME ROADWAYS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... THE NORTH 
  LA JUNTA AND SWINK AREAS.  THERE MAY ALSO BE STANDING WATER ON 
  HIGHWAY 50. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TIMPAS CREEK...
KING ARROYO...VANDIVER ARROYO...HORSE CREEK...CROOKED ARROYO...
AND ANDERSON ARROYO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10343 3802 10343 3797 10359 3800 10370
      3809 10370

$$

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8 follow-up statements

075 
WGUS75 KPUB 110023
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
623 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

COC089-110245-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140811T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-
623 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

AT 619 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 1 
TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS 
CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.

EXTENSIVE OVERLAND FLOODING WILL OCCUR...SOME ROADWAYS WILL BE 
FLOODED AND SOME STREAMS WILL BE RUNNING FULL OR OVERFLOWING.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTH LA 
JUNTA AND SWINK...AND RURAL AREAS NORTH OF LA JUNTA AND SOUTH OF 
CHERAW. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TIMPAS CREEK... 
KING ARROYO...VANDIVER ARROYO...HORSE CREEK...CROOKED ARROYO...AND
ANDERSON ARROYO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10343 3802 10343 3797 10359 3800 10370
      3809 10370

$$

28

283 
WGUS75 KPUB 110118
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
718 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

COC089-110245-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140811T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-
718 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

AT 715 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN NORTHEAST OF LA JUNTA...WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN 
FALLING ACROSS THE REST OF THE WARNING AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AT 
LEAST 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS 
EXPECTED.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN IN AN AREA CENTERED 4 MILES 
NORTH OF LA JUNTA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTH LA JUNTA AND SWINK...AND RURAL AREAS NORTH OF LA JUNTA. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TIMPAS CREEK...
KING ARROYO...VANDIVER ARROYO...HORSE CREEK...CROOKED ARROYO...
AND ANDERSON ARROYO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10343 3802 10343 3797 10359 3800 10370
      3809 10370

$$

28

037 
WGUS75 KPUB 110214
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
814 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

COC089-110245-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140811T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-
814 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

AT 810 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...WITH LIGHT 
RAIN OVER THE REST OF THE AREA.  TWO TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN IS 
ESTIMATED TO HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA...WITH 
THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS FALLING IN AN AREA CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF LA 
JUNTA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... 

NORTH LA JUNTA AND SWINK AND RURAL AREAS NORTH OF LA JUNTA AND 
SOUTH OF CHERAW. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TIMPAS CREEK...
KING ARROYO...VANDIVER ARROYO...HORSE CREEK...CROOKED ARROYO...
ANDERSON ARROYO AND ARKANSAS RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10343 3802 10343 3797 10359 3800 10370
      3809 10370

$$

28

708 
WGUS55 KPUB 110240
FFWPUB
COC089-110545-
/O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140811T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
840 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
    
* AT 837 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN OVER EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA. RADAR 
  ESTIMATES THAT 2 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH 
  THE HEAVIEST AMOUNTS BEING IN AN AREA CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF LA 
  JUNTA. FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTH LA 
  JUNTA AND SWINK...AND RURAL AREAS NORTH OF LA JUNTA AND SOUTH OF 
  CHERAW. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TIMPAS CREEK...
KING ARROYO...VANDIVER ARROYO...HORSE CREEK...CROOKED ARROYO...
AND ANDERSON ARROYO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10343 3802 10343 3797 10359 3800 10370
      3809 10370

$$

28

643 
WGUS75 KPUB 110314
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
914 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

COC089-110545-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140811T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-
914 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

AT 910 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD ENDED 
OVER THE WARNING AREA IN EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES 
THAT SOME LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING AREA HAVE RECEIVED 2 TO 3.5 
INCHES OF RAIN TODAY...AND IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THAT WATER TO 
RECEDE. FLOODING IS EXPECTED CONTINUE.  OVERLAND FLOODING SHOULD BE 
EXPECTED...ALONG WITH FLOODED CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND ROADWAYS.  
THE HEAVIEST RAIN FELL IN AN AREA CENTERED 4 MILES NORTH OF LA JUNTA.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...

NORTH LA JUNTA AND SWINK...AND RURAL LOCATIONS NORTH OF LA JUNTA AND 
SOUTH OF CHERAW. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TIMPAS CREEK...
KING ARROYO...VANDIVER ARROYO...HORSE CREEK...CROOKED ARROYO...
AND ANDERSON ARROYO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10343 3802 10343 3797 10359 3800 10370
      3809 10370

$$

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633 
WGUS75 KPUB 110343
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
943 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

COC089-110545-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140811T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-
943 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

AT 940 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT ONLY SOME LIGHT RAIN 
WAS FALLING IN PORTIONS OF THE WARNING AREA.  HOWEVER...WITH ALL THE 
RAIN THAT FELL EARLIER...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE WATER TO 
RECEDE.  OVERLAND FLOODING AND FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND 
ROADWAYS WILL CONTINUE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...'

NORTH LA JUNTA AND SWINK AND RURAL AREAS NORTH OF LA JUNTA AND 
SOUTH OF CHERAW. 

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...TIMPAS CREEK...
KING ARROYO...VANDIVER ARROYO...HORSE CREEK...CROOKED ARROYO...
AND ANDERSON ARROYO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10343 3802 10343 3797 10359 3800 10370
      3809 10370

$$

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807 
WGUS75 KPUB 110432
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1032 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

COC089-110545-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140811T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-
1032 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY...

AT 1029 PM MDT...RAIN HAD ENDED OVER OTERO COUNTY...WITH NO 
ADDITIONAL RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...WITH ALL THE RAIN THAT 
FELL EARLIER TODAY...IT WILL TAKE SOME TIME FOR THE WATER TO RECEDE. 
THUS...FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND ROADWAYS IS EXPECTED TO 
CONTINUE.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LOCATIONS NORTH OF LA JUNTA AND SOUTH OF CHERAW. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

&&

LAT...LON 3809 10343 3802 10343 3797 10359 3800 10370
      3809 10370

$$

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613 
WGUS75 KPUB 110537
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1137 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

COC089-110546-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-140811T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-
1137 PM MDT SUN AUG 10 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL OTERO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 1145 PM MDT...

FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A 
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD 
CLOSURES.

LAT...LON 3809 10343 3802 10343 3797 10359 3800 10370
      3809 10370

$$

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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, 4:44 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, 5:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Fremont	113 min
Aug 10, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	37 min

Nearby

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

Sources

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.