Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2015, 3:02 PM MDT for Mineral County, Rio Grande County, Colorado. It was in force for 118 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
- Jul 1, 2015, 3:02 PM MDT (21:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2015, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Mineral County, CO, Rio Grande County, CO
The radar
The Grand Junction radar (KGJX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:05 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 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
- 2850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
417
WGUS55 KPUB 012102
FFWPUB
COC079-105-012300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0028.150701T2102Z-150701T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
302 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN MINERAL COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT
* AT 301 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MINERAL AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...IVY CREEK...KITTY
CREEK...RAINBOW CREEK...SODA CREEK...HOPE CREEK...GRANDE, RIO...GOOSE
CREEK...WOLF CREEK...WEST FORK SAN JUAN RIVER...DEADMAN CREEK...
ELLIOT CREEK...ROARING FORK...PIERCE CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...PASS
CREEK...LEOPARD CREEK...PIEDRA RIVER...ELK CREEK...LAKE CREEK...TROUT
CREEK...CIMARRON CREEK...PARK CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...BURRO CREEK...
DECKER CREEK...SOUTH FORK RIO GRANDE...FISHER CREEK...ARCHULETA CREEK
AND LIME CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3775 10689 3772 10672 3754 10671 3750 10688
3740 10690 3739 10707 3740 10708
$$
TLM3 follow-up statements
661
WGUS75 KPUB 012124
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
324 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015
COC079-105-012300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150701T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
324 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MINERAL AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTIES...
AT 323 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ACROSS PORTIONS OF
THE BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MINERAL AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTIES.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...IVY CREEK...KITTY
CREEK...RAINBOW CREEK...SODA CREEK...HOPE CREEK...GRANDE, RIO...GOOSE
CREEK...WOLF CREEK...WEST FORK SAN JUAN RIVER...DEADMAN CREEK...
ELLIOT CREEK...ROARING FORK...PIERCE CREEK...BEAVER CREEK...PASS
CREEK...LEOPARD CREEK...PIEDRA RIVER...ELK CREEK...LAKE CREEK...TROUT
CREEK...CIMARRON CREEK...PARK CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...BURRO CREEK...
DECKER CREEK...SOUTH FORK RIO GRANDE...FISHER CREEK...ARCHULETA CREEK
AND LIME CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3775 10689 3772 10672 3754 10671 3750 10688
3740 10690 3739 10707 3740 10708
$$
TLM301
WGUS75 KPUB 012141
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
341 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015
COC079-105-012300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150701T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
341 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MINERAL AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTIES...
AT 339 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED AWAY FROM THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF
RAIN FELL ACROSS A PORTION OF THE WEST FORK BURN SCAR.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW...
WHICH CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE
MATERIALS.
FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN
MINERAL AND WESTERN RIO GRANDE COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3775 10689 3772 10672 3754 10671 3750 10688
3740 10690 3739 10707 3740 10708
$$
TLM223
WGUS75 KPUB 012258
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
458 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015
COC079-105-012308-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-150701T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MINERAL CO-RIO GRANDE CO-
458 PM MDT WED JUL 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINERAL AND WESTERN RIO
GRANDE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM MDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3775 10689 3772 10672 3754 10671 3750 10688
3740 10690 3739 10707 3740 10708
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 52 min |
| Jun 30, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 1:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 50 min |
| Jul 1, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 3:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 45 min |
| Jul 1, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 84 min |
| Jul 1, 4:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 60 min |
| Jul 1, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 5:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.