Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2014, 3:44 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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 14, 2014, 3:44 PM MDT (21:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2014, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:44 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 14, 4:15 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.1 | 4 Wnw Divide, 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
966
WGUS55 KPUB 142145
FFWPUB
COC119-150045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0070.140814T2144Z-140815T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
344 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
* AT 344 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN FLORISSANT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN IN 10 MINUTES. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLORISSANT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 10515 3888 10532 3899 10533 3900 10533
3901 10518
$$
PGW3 follow-up statements
339
WGUS75 KPUB 142211
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
411 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
COC119-150045-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0070.000000T0000Z-140815T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELLER CO-
411 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY...
AT 338 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN THE FLORISSANT AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THIS STORM HAS MOVED EASTWARD ALONG HIGHWAY 24
EASTWARD INTO THE DIVIDE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG
HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN FLORISSANT TO NEAR DIVIDE.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN LIGHT IN THE
WARNED AREA...HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THE WATER
HAS A CHANCE TO RECEDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 10515 3888 10532 3899 10533 3900 10533
3901 10518
$$
KT442
WGUS75 KPUB 142254
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
454 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
COC119-150045-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0070.000000T0000Z-140815T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELLER CO-
454 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY...
AT 451 PM MDT...HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNING AREA.
BETWEEN 330 PM AND 400 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN ALONG
HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN FLORISSANT AND DIVIDE. UP TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS ALREADY FALLEN AND MUD FLOWS HAVE BEEN REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 24
APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WEST OF DIVIDE. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE UNTIL THE WATER HAS TIME TO RECEDE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
FLORISSANT AND HIGHWAY 24 EASTWARD TO NEAR DIVIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3887 10515 3888 10532 3899 10533 3900 10533
3901 10518
$$
KT893
WGUS75 KPUB 142320
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
520 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
COC119-142330-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0070.000000T0000Z-140815T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TELLER CO-
520 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3887 10515 3888 10532 3899 10533 3900 10533
3901 10518
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 9:58 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Chaffee, Conejos, El Paso, Fremont, Lake, Mineral and 3 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Mineral | 53 min |
| Aug 14, 1:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 51 min |
| Aug 14, 1:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 2:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 3:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Aug 14, 3:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 3:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 116 min |
| Aug 14, 4:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 116 min |
| Aug 14, 4:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.