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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 7, 2015, 2:06 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 114 min. 1 report 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 7, 2015, 2:06 PM MDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2015, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 3:51 PM MDT | FLOOD | 10 Nne Colorado Springs, CO | COTTONWOOD CREEK |
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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
855 WGUS55 KPUB 072006 FFWPUB COC041-072200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0002.150507T2006Z-150507T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 206 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 400 PM MDT * AT 205 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND BLACK FOREST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3905 10464 3885 10481 3890 10491 3909 10476 $$ PGW
3 follow-up statements
179 WGUS75 KPUB 072035 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 235 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015 COC041-072200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150507T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 235 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 232 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST COLORADO SPRINGS. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. THERE HAVE BEEN NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HAIL SIX TO EIGHT INCHES DEEP INT THE ARERA AS WELL. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTHWESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND BLACK FOREST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3905 10464 3885 10481 3890 10491 3909 10476 $$ PGW
191 WGUS75 KPUB 072050 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 250 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015 COC041-072200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150507T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 250 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 247 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST COLORADO SPRINGS. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. NEW STORMS ARE DEVELOPING ALONG INTERSTATE 25 OVER NORTHERN COLORADO SRPINGS. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF HALF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3905 10464 3885 10481 3890 10491 3909 10476 $$ PGW
679 WGUS75 KPUB 072157 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 357 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015 COC041-072206- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-150507T2200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 357 PM MDT THU MAY 7 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM MDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. WATER MAY STILL BE RUNNING HIGH DUE TO MELTING HAIL. TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN. LAT...LON 3905 10464 3885 10481 3890 10491 3909 10476 $$ KAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 90 min |
| May 7, 12:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 31 min |
| May 7, 12:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| May 7, 12:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| May 7, 1:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| May 7, 1:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 23 min |
| May 7, 1:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| May 7, 1:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| May 7, 1:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 44 min |
| May 7, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| May 7, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| May 7, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| May 7, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 44 min |
| May 7, 2:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 7, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 34 min |
| May 7, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 25 min |
| May 7, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 7, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 37 min |
| May 7, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 33 min |
| May 7, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca | 15 min |
| May 7, 5:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 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.