Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 11, 2015, 6:58 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 92 min. 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
- Jun 11, 2015, 6:58 PM MDT (00:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2015, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 92 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 7:15 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.26 | 2 Ne Woodland Park, CO | |
| Jun 11, 7:22 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.26 | 2 Ne Woodland Park, CO | |
| Jun 11, 7:29 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.56 | Woodland Park, 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 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1096 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
567
WGUS55 KPUB 120058
FFWPUB
COC041-119-120230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0017.150612T0058Z-150612T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
658 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
WESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT
* AT 658 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WOODLAND PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3905 10498 3898 10499 3896 10507 3903 10506
$$
283 follow-up statements
428 WGUS75 KPUB 120130 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 730 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015 COC041-119-120230- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150612T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 730 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 729 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY SOME LIGHT RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF WOODLAND PARK. HOWEVER...VERY HEAVY RAIN EARLIER HAS LIKELY CAUSED SOME FLOODING ISSUES...IN AND NEAR WOODLAND PARK...WHICH WILL CONTINUE THROUGH ABOUT 830 PM. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WOODLAND PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3905 10498 3898 10499 3896 10507 3903 10506 $$ 28
483 WGUS75 KPUB 120202 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 802 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015 COC041-119-120230- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150612T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 802 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES... AT 759 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT RAIN OVER A PORTION OF THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS NOT LIKELY TO OCCUR THE REST OF THIS EVENING IN THE WOODLAND PARK AREA. WATER FROM HEAVY RAIN EARLIER...IS LIKELY STILL CAUSING SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS IN A FEW LOCATIONS AROUND WOODLAND PARK. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WOODLAND PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3905 10498 3898 10499 3896 10507 3903 10506 $$ 28
325 WGUS75 KPUB 120223 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 823 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015 COC041-119-120233- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-150612T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 823 PM MDT THU JUN 11 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN TELLER AND WESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT... FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3905 10498 3898 10499 3896 10507 3903 10506 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jun 11, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 6:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 92 min |
| Jun 11, 6:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 36 min |
| Jun 11, 6:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 6:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jun 11, 7:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 116 min |
| Jun 11, 7:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 23 min |
| Jun 11, 7:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 116 min |
| Jun 11, 7:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 29 min |
| Jun 11, 7:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 25 min |
| Jun 11, 8:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 8:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Jun 11, 8:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 9:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 24 min |
| Jun 11, 9:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 33 min |
| Jun 11, 9:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 14 min |
| Jun 11, 10:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 10:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 118 min |
| Jun 11, 11:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 39 min | |
| Jun 12, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 52 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.