Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 34, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2015, 7:17 PM MDT for Bent County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 118 min. 1 report 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 14, 2015, 7:17 PM MDT (01:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2015, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bent County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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 14, 7:30 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Lamar, CO | STREET FLOODING REPORTED IN LAMAR |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 205 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
- 1884 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
665
WGUS55 KPUB 150117
FFWPUB
COC011-099-150315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0034.150715T0117Z-150715T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
717 PM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 915 PM MDT
* AT 716 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...
LAMAR...WILEY AND BRISTOL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10222 3788 10249 3788 10285 3826 10283
$$
HODANISH3 follow-up statements
304 WGUS75 KPUB 150134 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 734 PM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015 COC011-099-150315- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150715T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-BENT CO- 734 PM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES... AT 731 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED BETWEEN 1.00 AND 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LAMAR BETWEEN 700 PM AND 730 PM. ANOTHER 0.25 TO 0.50 INCHES OF RAIN MAY FALL IN THE CITY OF LAMAR THROUGH 745 PM. STREET FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN AND AROUND THE LAMAR AREA AT THIS TIME. THE HEAVIEST RAIN AT 730 PM WAS OCCURRING JUST NORTH OF LAMAR. THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAMAR...WILEY AND BRISTOL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3826 10222 3788 10249 3788 10285 3826 10283 $$ HODANISH
461 WGUS75 KPUB 150150 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 750 PM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015 COC011-099-150315- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150715T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-BENT CO- 750 PM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES... AT 748 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED STREET FLOODING ON MAIN STREET IN LAMAR ON THE NORTH SIDE OF TOWN. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS MOVED OUT OF LAMAR. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE IN LAMAR THROUGH AT LEAST 815 PM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAMAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3826 10222 3788 10249 3788 10285 3826 10283 $$ HODANISH
697 WGUS75 KPUB 150228 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 828 PM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015 COC011-099-150236- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0034.000000T0000Z-150715T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-BENT CO- 828 PM MDT TUE JUL 14 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BENT COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... AT 826 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE RAIN HAS SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED ACROSS THE LAMAR REGION. ALTHOUGH LIGHT TO OCCASIONALLY MODERATE RAIN MAY OCCUR IN LAMAR THROUGH 930 PM...RAINS CAPABLE OF CAUSING FLASH FLOODING ARE NOT LIKELY. LAT...LON 3826 10222 3788 10249 3788 10285 3826 10283 $$ HODANISH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 41 min |
| Jul 14, 6:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 6:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 7:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 7:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
| Jul 14, 8:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 9:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 39 min |
| Jul 15, 1:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| Jul 15, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 28 min |
| Jul 15, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 3:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 46 min |
| Jul 15, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 64 min |
| Jul 15, 4:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Jul 15, 5:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 29 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.