Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 19, 2015, 6:05 AM MDT for Huerfano County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- May 19, 2015, 6:05 AM MDT (12:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2015, 9:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:05 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.21 | 3 Nne Blende, CO | SIX HOUR DURATION...MIDNIGHT TO 6 AM MDT. |
| May 19, 7:00 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.8 | 7 E Colorado City, CO | |
| May 19, 8:43 AM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.43 | 3 Nne Pueblo, 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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 854 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
817 WGUS55 KPUB 191205 FFWPUB COC055-101-191500- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0010.150519T1205Z-150519T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 605 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 900 AM MDT * AT 604 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...BOONE...BLENDE...SALT CREEK...PUEBLO DEPOT...AVONDALE AND COLORADO CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3783 10440 3790 10483 3836 10462 3832 10407 $$ HODANISH
3 follow-up statements
600 WGUS75 KPUB 191246 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 646 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 COC055-101-191500- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150519T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-PUEBLO CO- 646 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... AT 643 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAIN DECREASING OVER THE PUEBLO COUNTY AREA. HOWEVER...BETWEEN 6:00 AM AND 6:40 AM....0.40 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN AT THE WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO. THIS RAIN IS ON TOP OF AN INCH OF RAIN THAT HAS FALLEN EARLIER THIS MORNING. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY IN PARTS OF PUEBLO COUNTY THROUGH AT LEAST 8 AM. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...BOONE...BLENDE...SALT CREEK...PUEBLO DEPOT...AVONDALE AND COLORADO CITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3783 10440 3790 10483 3836 10462 3832 10407 $$ HODANISH
966 WGUS75 KPUB 191330 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 730 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 COC055-101-191500- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150519T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-PUEBLO CO- 730 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 AM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... AT 727 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA. A TOTAL OF 1.5 TO 2.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PUEBLO AREA. ALTHOUGH THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...HIGH WATER IS LIKELY STILL OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THE SOUTH SIDE OF PUEBLO. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAIN IS NOT EXPECTED THE REST OF THIS MORNING...HOWEVER LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 3783 10440 3790 10483 3836 10462 3832 10407 $$ HODANISH
182 WGUS75 KPUB 191502 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 902 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 COC055-101-191506- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-150519T1500Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO-PUEBLO CO- 902 AM MDT TUE MAY 19 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HUERFANO AND CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 AM MDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ARKANSAS RIVER AT AVONDALE UNTIL THURSDAY AFTERNOON. LAT...LON 3783 10440 3790 10483 3836 10462 3832 10407 $$ ETP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 6:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 52 min |
| May 18, 10:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 118 min |
| May 19, 12:48 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| May 19, 3:16 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 19, 4:57 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| May 19, 5:37 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 17 hr |
| May 19, 6:00 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 19, 6:22 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 19, 8:44 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 54 hr |
| May 19, 8:44 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 33 hr |
| May 19, 8:44 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 13 days |
| May 19, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.