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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 28, 2015El Paso County, Colorado

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 472 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2015-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

KT
2 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 6:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso37 min
Jun 28, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso35 min
Jun 28, 7:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso39 min
Jun 28, 7:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso20 min
Jun 28, 8:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso25 min
Jun 29, 10:09 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBPueblo7 days
Jun 29, 10:09 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningPUBOtero8 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.