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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 9, 2015El Paso County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 9, 2015, 6:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 4 hr. 6 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, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2015, 10:41 PM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County El Paso County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:53 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, 7:02 PM MDT	HEAVY RAIN 0.7	4 Nw Peterson Afb, CO
Jul 9, 7:08 PM MDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.06	2 E Falcon, CO	FELL IN 20 MINUTES
Jul 9, 7:17 PM MDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Ne Colorado Springs, CO	AT SIEFERD BLVD NEAR AUSTIN BLUFFS AND ACADEMY.
Jul 9, 7:17 PM MDT	FLASH FLOOD	5 Ne Colorado Springs, CO	AT SIFERD BLVD NEAR AUSTIN BLUFFS AND ACADEMY.
Jul 9, 8:41 PM MDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.5	4 Nw Peterson Afb, CO	1.5 INCHES OF RAIN SINCE APPROXIMATELY 7 PM MDT WITH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING.
Jul 9, 10:04 PM MDT	HEAVY RAIN 1.6	4 Nw Peterson Afb, 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, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 174 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

081 
WGUS55 KPUB 100049
FFWPUB
COC041-100345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0033.150710T0049Z-150710T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
649 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT
    
* AT 647 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 
  HEAVY RAIN EXTENDING FROM FORT CARSON TO COLORADO SPRING. THIS 
  RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. OTHER HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 
  IN EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY AND WILL MOVE OVER SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO 
  COUNTY THROUGH 8 PM. . FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO BEGIN SHORTLY 
  ACROSS THE GREATER COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. 

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
  COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...FALCON...PETERSON AFB...STRATMOOR...
  SCHRIEVER AFB...FORT CARSON...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...SECURITY...
  CIMARRON HILLS...MIDWAY AND HANOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10440 3853 10449 3853 10493 3877 10493
      3882 10485 3896 10486

$$

HODANISH

7 follow-up statements

404 
WGUS75 KPUB 100103
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
703 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

COC041-100345-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150710T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
703 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 700 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY 
INTENSE RAINFALL FALLING FROM FT CARSON TO COLORADO SPRINGS. RADAR 
ESTIMATES 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN BETWEEN 6 PM AND 7 PM IN 
THESE AREAS.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...FALCON...PETERSON AFB...STRATMOOR...
SCHRIEVER AFB...FORT CARSON...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...SECURITY...
CIMARRON HILLS...MIDWAY AND HANOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10440 3853 10449 3853 10493 3877 10493
      3882 10485 3896 10486

$$

HODANISH

919 
WGUS75 KPUB 100112
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
712 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

COC041-100345-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150710T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
712 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 709 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN 
FALCON. 1.06 INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED IN 15 MINUTES BETWEEN 645 
PM AND 700 PM.

EXTREMELY INTENSE RAINFALL WAS FALLING OVER FORT CARSON. 1.5 TO 2.0 
INCHES OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED BY RADAR BETWEEN 610 PM AND 710 PM. 

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...FALCON...PETERSON AFB...STRATMOOR...
SCHRIEVER AFB...FORT CARSON...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...SECURITY...
CIMARRON HILLS...MIDWAY AND HANOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10440 3853 10449 3853 10493 3877 10493
      3882 10485 3896 10486

$$

HODANISH

851 
WGUS75 KPUB 100146
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
746 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

COC041-100345-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150710T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
746 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 742 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF HEAVY RAIN SOUTH 
AND SOUTHEAST OF FALCON. OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNED AREA...THE 
RAIN HAS DECREASED IN INTENSITY. 

OVERALL...THE RAIN IN THE WARNED AREA IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO 
DECREASE THROUGH 8 PM. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3895 10440 3853 10449 3853 10493 3877 10493
      3882 10485 3896 10486

$$

HODANISH

723 
WGUS75 KPUB 100318
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
918 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

COC041-100345-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150710T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
918 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 913 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF HEAVY RAIN 
EXTENDING FROM EXTREME SOUTHWEST EL PASO COUNTY NORTHEASTWARD TO THE 
SECURITY AND FOUNTAIN AREAS...AND THEN NORTHEAST TOWARDS SCHRIEVER 
AIR FORCE BASE. THIS RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. AREAS 
WHICH RECEIVED HEAVIER RAIN EARLIER THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY IN THE 
FORT CARSON AREA...MAY RECEIVE ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WITH THIS NEW 
BAND OF RAIN. THIS RAIN MAY AFFECT THE FALCON AREA LATER THIS 
EVENING. 

LAT...LON 3895 10440 3853 10449 3853 10493 3877 10493
      3882 10485 3896 10486

$$

HODANISH

333 
WGUS55 KPUB 100332
FFWPUB
COC041-100545-
/O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150710T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
932 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT

* AT 929 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN 
  FALLING ACROSS SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY. THIS RAIN WAS MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TURN AROUND...DO NOT 
DROWN. 

LAT...LON 3895 10440 3853 10449 3853 10493 3877 10493
      3882 10485 3896 10486

$$

HODANISH

995 
WGUS75 KPUB 100402
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1002 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

COC041-100545-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150710T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
1002 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...

AT 957 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN 
EL PASO COUNTY. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. 

THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN IN THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN SECTIONS OF  
COLORADO SPRINGS IS DECREASING...AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR 
THESE AREAS HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED

LAT...LON 3895 10440 3853 10449 3855 10479 3872 10481
      3894 10468

$$

HODANISH

222 
WGUS75 KPUB 100441
FFSPUB

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1041 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

COC041-100449-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-150710T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
1041 PM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED 
TO POSE A THREAT IN SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY. 

AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR AREAS IN AND AROUND THE 
FALCON AREA DUE TO FLOODING RAINS WHICH OCCURRED EARLIER IN THE 
EVENING. 

LAT...LON 3895 10440 3853 10449 3855 10479 3872 10481
      3894 10468

$$

HODANISH

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 9, 6:08 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	PUB	El Paso	3 hr
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, 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

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.