Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 15, 2015, 1:51 PM MDT for Chaffee 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
- Jun 15, 2015, 1:51 PM MDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2015, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 114 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Chaffee County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 15, 2:44 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.6 | Poncha Springs, CO |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 224 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
- 2222 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
148 WGUS55 KPUB 151951 FFWPUB COC015-152145- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0020.150615T1951Z-150615T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 151 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 149 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SALIDA AND PONCHA SPRINGS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3856 10591 3846 10600 3848 10618 3859 10616 $$ TLM
4 follow-up statements
802 WGUS75 KPUB 152007 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 207 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 COC015-152145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150615T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAFFEE CO- 207 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY... AT 207 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SALIDA AND PONCHA SPRINGS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...SOUTH ARKANSAS RIVER...STUMPY CREEK...REDMAN CREEK...LITTLE COCHETOPA CREEK...GREEN CREEK...PONCHA CREEK...PASS CREEK...UTE CREEK...BEAR CREEK AND ARKANSAS RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3856 10591 3846 10600 3848 10618 3859 10616 $$ TLM
390 WGUS75 KPUB 152023 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 223 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 COC015-152145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150615T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAFFEE CO- 223 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY... AT 222 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SALIDA AND PONCHA SPRINGS. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...SOUTH ARKANSAS RIVER...STUMPY CREEK...REDMAN CREEK...LITTLE COCHETOPA CREEK...GREEN CREEK...PONCHA CREEK...PASS CREEK...UTE CREEK...BEAR CREEK AND ARKANSAS RIVER. RAIN HAS DIMINISHED IN INTENSITY IN PONCHA SPRINGS AND SALIDA AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. && LAT...LON 3856 10591 3846 10600 3848 10618 3859 10616 $$ TLM
978 WGUS75 KPUB 152042 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 242 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 COC015-152145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150615T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAFFEE CO- 242 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY... AT 239 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA. HIGH FLOWS WILL OCCUR IN DRAINAGES. BE WARY OF ANY RAPID INCREASES IN FLOW ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3856 10591 3846 10600 3848 10618 3859 10616 $$ TLM
285 WGUS75 KPUB 152104 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 304 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 COC015-152113- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-150615T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CHAFFEE CO- 304 PM MDT MON JUN 15 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3856 10591 3846 10600 3848 10618 3859 10616 $$ TLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 9:54 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Chaffee | 48 hr |
| Jun 15, 12:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 33 min |
| Jun 15, 1:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 1:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 38 min |
| Jun 15, 1:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 1:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 2:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer | 113 min |
| Jun 15, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 40 min |
Nearby
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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.