Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2015, 6:08 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 reports 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
- Jul 9, 2015, 6:08 PM MDT (00:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 2015, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:17 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.62 | 4 Ene Air Force Academy, CO | FELL IN THE PAST 20 MINUTES. |
| Jul 9, 7:33 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 3.01 | 2 Nne Falcon, CO | FELL IN PAST 60 MINUTES. SMALL HAIL ACCUMULATED UP TO 4 INCHES DEEP ON DECK. |
| Jul 9, 8:08 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.5 | 2 E Black Forest, CO |
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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 148 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2081 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
794
WGUS55 KPUB 100008
FFWPUB
COC041-100300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0031.150710T0008Z-150710T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
608 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 900 PM MDT
* AT 606 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN BLACK FOREST IN
19 MINUTES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...
GLENEAGLE...BLACK FOREST AND PEYTON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 10439 3896 10488 3913 10492 3913 10438
$$
HODANISH3 follow-up statements
081 WGUS75 KPUB 100042 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 642 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015 COC041-100300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150710T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 642 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 638 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. VOYAGER PARKWAY WAS REPORTED TO BE FLOODED. VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. HEAVY RAIN WAS ALSO OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF FALCON. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... GLENEAGLE...BLACK FOREST AND PEYTON. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1 INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 530 PM AND 630 PM IN AND AROUND THE BLACK FOREST REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3895 10439 3896 10488 3913 10492 3913 10438 $$ HODANISH.
037 WGUS75 KPUB 100139 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 739 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015 COC041-100300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150710T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 739 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 736 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE RAIN HAS DECREASED OVER THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY STILL OCCURRING...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS NORTH...NORTHWEST OF FALCON. RADAR ESTIMATES BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. && LAT...LON 3895 10439 3896 10488 3913 10492 3913 10438 $$ HODANISH
935 WGUS75 KPUB 100251 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 851 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015 COC041-100300- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-150710T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 851 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER...HIGH WATER STILL REMAINS IN THE FALCON AREA...AND A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FALCON REGION THROUGH 1145 PM. LAT...LON 3895 10439 3896 10488 3913 10492 3913 10438 $$ HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 6:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 39 min |
| Jul 9, 6:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 6:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 6:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 6:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 4 hr |
| Jul 9, 7:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 27 min |
| Jul 9, 8:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 9:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jul 9, 10:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 115 min |
| Jul 10, 3:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 48 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.