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Flash Flood Warning 74, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 4, 2014, 2:35 PM MDT for Baca County, Colorado. It was in force for 115 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
- Sep 4, 2014, 2:35 PM MDT (20:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 2014, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Baca County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 261 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
- 365 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1095 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -58 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
954 WGUS55 KPUB 042035 FFWPUB COC009-042230- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0074.140904T2035Z-140904T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 235 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 233 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN SOUTHWEST OF PRITCHETT ON AND EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 160. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. && LAT...LON 3745 10286 3721 10289 3722 10308 3743 10305 $$ TLM
4 follow-up statements
004 WGUS75 KPUB 042055 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 255 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2014 COC009-042230- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0074.000000T0000Z-140904T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BACA CO- 255 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY... AT 252 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN SAND ARROYO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3745 10286 3721 10289 3722 10308 3743 10305 $$ TLM
263 WGUS75 KPUB 042118 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 318 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2014 COC009-042230- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0074.000000T0000Z-140904T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BACA CO- 318 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY... AT 316 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. OVER THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY...AND COULD BE OCCURRING OVER HIGHWAY 160 NEAR MILE MARKER 440. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3745 10286 3721 10289 3722 10308 3743 10305 $$ TLM
827 WGUS75 KPUB 042201 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 401 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2014 COC009-042230- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0074.000000T0000Z-140904T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BACA CO- 401 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY... AT 400 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY AROUND HIGHWAY 160. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/4 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3745 10286 3721 10289 3722 10308 3743 10305 $$ TLM
956 WGUS75 KPUB 042226 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 426 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2014 COC009-042235- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0074.000000T0000Z-140904T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BACA CO- 426 PM MDT THU SEP 4 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BACA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT... THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAVE MOVED NORTH OF THE AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3745 10286 3721 10289 3722 10308 3743 10305 $$ STARK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 8:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 89 min |
| Sep 4, 1:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 23 min |
| Sep 4, 1:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 24 min |
| Sep 4, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 23 min |
| Sep 4, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 28 min |
| Sep 4, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 23 min |
| Sep 4, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 36 min |
| Sep 4, 5:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas | 113 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.