Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Aug 14, 2014, 9:58 AM MDT for 9 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Aug 14, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 14, 2014, 9:58 AM MDT (15:58 UTC)
- In effect from
- Aug 14, 2014, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2014, 6:03 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Chaffee County, CO, Conejos County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Lake County, CO, Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO, Saguache County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 241 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
- 84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 514 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
393 WGUS65 KPUB 141558 FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 958 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK REGION... .AN EXCEPTIONALLY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND PIKES PEAK REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE LOCALIZED STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. BURN SCARS...AND LOCATIONS WITH SUSCEPTIBLE SOILS...SUCH AS THE CHALK CLIFFS IN CHAFFEE COUNTY...WILL BE MOST PRONE TO THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. HOWEVER...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OUTSIDE OF THESE AREAS MAY STILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WITH MUD FLOWS AND ROCK SLIDES. COZ058>068-081-082-084-085-150000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.A.0013.140814T1800Z-140815T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK... CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 958 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...MOSQUITO RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING * MONSOON MOISTURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND PIKES PEAK REGION. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. BURN SCARS AND AREAS WITH SUSCEPTIBLE SOILS WILL BE MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING TODAY. * MUD...ASH...AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR BURN SCARS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK SLIDES IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
2 follow-up statements
760 WGUS65 KPUB 142121 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 321 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS AND PIKES PEAK REGION... .AN EXCEPTIONALLY MOIST ATMOSPHERE WILL COMBINE WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND PIKES PEAK REGION. HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THE LOCALIZED STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. BURN SCARS...URBAN AREAS...AND LOCATIONS WITH SUSCEPTIBLE SOILS...WILL BE MOST PRONE TO THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING. COZ058>068-081-082-084-085-150300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0013.000000T0000Z-140815T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK... CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 321 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAWATCH RANGE...MOSQUITO RANGE AND UPPER ARKANSAS RIVER VALLEY. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...EL PASO COUNTY AND TELLER COUNTY AND THE RAMPART RANGE. IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS...LA GARITA MOUNTAINS AND UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. * UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING * MONSOON MOISTURE AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE AND PIKES PEAK REGION. SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL SUFFICIENT TO CAUSE FLASH FLOODING. BURN SCARS...URBAN AREAS AND AREAS WITH SUSCEPTIBLE SOILS WILL BE MOST PRONE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THIS EVENING. * MUD...ASH...AND DEBRIS FLOWS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN AND NEAR BURN SCARS. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY ALSO CAUSE ROCK SLIDES IN THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
814 WGUS65 KPUB 150003 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 603 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED... .THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WATCH AREA...WITH ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL EXPECTED DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. COZ058>068-081-082-084-085-150115- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0013.000000T0000Z-140815T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CLIMAX...MOSQUITO PASS...LEADVILLE... INDEPENDENCE PASS...MT ELBERT...MT MASSIVE...GRANITE...SALIDA... BUENA VISTA...SARGENTS...BONANZA...NORTH PASS...SOUTH FORK... CREEDE...CUMBRES PASS...WOLF CREEK PASS...WOODLAND PARK... PIKES PEAK...BLACK FOREST...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...COLORADO SPRINGS 603 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL HAS SHIFTED NORTHEAST OUT OF THE AREA...WITH ONLY LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN EXPECTED THIS EVENING. $$
The 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, 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, 3:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 3 hr |
| 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Colorado, 2014Every flash flood watch 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.