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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2014, 4:03 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 117 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
- Jul 8, 2014, 4:03 PM MDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2014, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 62 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 772 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 75 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
539
WGUS55 KPUB 082203
FFWPUB
COC041-119-090000-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0008.140708T2203Z-140709T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
403 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 600 PM MDT
* AT 357 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN OVER WOODLAND PARK...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR
ESTIMATES RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES BETWEEN CASCADE AND WOODLAND
PARK SO FAR WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED
OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR...ALONG HIGHWAY 24 BETWEEN
WOODLAND PARK AND MANITOU SPRINGS...AND ALONG FOUNTAIN CREEK.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...WOODLAND PARK...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN
MOUNTAIN FALLS...CHIPITA PARK...CASCADE...DIVIDE AND CRYSTOLA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3897 10487 3879 10483 3892 10518 3906 10513
$$
EP3 follow-up statements
864 WGUS75 KPUB 082218 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 418 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014 COC041-119-090000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140709T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 418 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 415 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN NEAR WOODLAND PARK...WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG FOUNTAIN CREEK...ACROSS HIGHWAY 24 AND ALONG THE SOUTH EDGE OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WOODLAND PARK...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...CHIPITA PARK...CASCADE...DIVIDE AND CRYSTOLA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3897 10487 3879 10483 3892 10518 3906 10513 $$ ETP
537 WGUS75 KPUB 082233 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 433 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014 COC041-119-090000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140709T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 433 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 428 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND A NEW AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS DEVELOPING OVER THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AROUND WOODLAND PARK...WITH FLASH FLOODING LIKELY ALONG FOUNTAIN CREEK...ACROSS THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR AND ALONG HIGHWAY 24. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...WOODLAND PARK...MANITOU SPRINGS...GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...CHIPITA PARK...CASCADE...DIVIDE AND CRYSTOLA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3897 10487 3879 10483 3892 10518 3906 10513 $$ EP
475 WGUS75 KPUB 082250 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 450 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014 COC041-119-082258- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-140709T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 450 PM MDT TUE JUL 8 2014 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3897 10487 3879 10483 3892 10518 3906 10513 $$ ETP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2:33 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 2:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 25 min | |
| Jul 8, 3:13 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 17 min |
| Jul 8, 1:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Mineral | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 3:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 4:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 38 min |
| Jul 8, 5:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 42 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.