Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2015, 6:31 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 119 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 28, 2015, 6:31 PM MDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2015, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:33 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 472 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2982 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
964
WGUS55 KPUB 290031
FFWPUB
COC041-290230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0027.150629T0031Z-150629T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
631 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 830 PM MDT
* AT 630 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON...PETERSON AFB...STRATMOOR...CIMARRON
HILLS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3899 10461 3874 10456 3876 10485 3899 10480
$$
KT2 follow-up statements
748 WGUS75 KPUB 290049 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 649 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015 COC041-290230- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150629T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 649 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 648 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS EASTERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACCOMPANIED BY HAIL. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FALCON...PETERSON AFB...STRATMOOR...CIMARRON HILLS...SECURITY...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3899 10461 3874 10456 3876 10485 3899 10480 $$ KT
007 WGUS75 KPUB 290114 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 714 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015 COC041-290124- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-150629T0230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 714 PM MDT SUN JUN 28 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3899 10461 3874 10456 3876 10485 3899 10480 $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Jun 28, 6:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Jun 28, 7:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Jun 28, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 20 min |
| Jun 28, 8:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 10:09 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 7 days |
| Jun 29, 10:09 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 8 days |
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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.