Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2015, 4:14 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 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 21, 2015, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2015, 7:15 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 22:16 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 21, 4:25 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.71 | 4 Ene Air Force Academy, CO | IN THE PAST 20 MINUTES. SMALL PEA SIZED HAIL. |
| Jul 21, 4:42 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.88 | 2 Sse Black Forest, CO | IN 10 MINUTES |
| Jul 21, 5:09 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1 | 2 Ne Falcon, CO | FELL IN 20 MINUTES |
| Jul 21, 5:17 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.92 | 5 Wnw Peyton, CO | 1.92 INCHES IN 1 HOUR. |
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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 1832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
840
WGUS55 KPUB 212214
FFWPUB
COC041-220115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0035.150721T2214Z-150722T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
414 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 715 PM MDT
* AT 413 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 2.75 INCHES OF RAIN
WAS MEASURED BETWEEN 315 PM AND 415 PM 3 MILES EAST OF
MONUMENT. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
* 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 3893 10450 3895 10487 3913 10486 3913 10436
$$
HODANISH6 follow-up statements
390 WGUS75 KPUB 212233 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 433 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150722T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 433 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 432 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. INTENSE RAINFALL IS FALLING OVER THE BLACK FOREST BURN SCAR. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... GLENEAGLE...BLACK FOREST AND PEYTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3893 10450 3895 10487 3913 10486 3913 10436 $$ HODANISH
783 WGUS75 KPUB 212300 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 500 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150722T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 500 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 457 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN BLACK FOREST. THE SPOTTER REPORTED 0.88 INCHES OF RAIN IN 10 MINUTES. MAJOR FLOODING WAS REPORTED ON THIS WEATHER SPOTTERS PROPERTY. THIS HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING INTO THE COTTONWOOD CREEK DRAINAGE. 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 3893 10450 3895 10487 3913 10486 3913 10436 $$ HODANISH
228 WGUS75 KPUB 212311 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 511 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150722T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 511 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 510 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF FALCON. ONE INCH OF RAIN WAS REPORTED IN 20 MINUTES. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... GLENEAGLE...BLACK FOREST AND PEYTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3893 10450 3895 10487 3913 10486 3913 10436 $$ HODANISH
612 WGUS75 KPUB 212320 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 520 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150722T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 520 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 519 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN IN 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF PEYTON. THE SPOTTER REPORTED 1.92 INCHES OF RAIN WITH THE STORM. 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 3893 10450 3895 10487 3913 10486 3913 10436 $$ HODANISH
103 WGUS75 KPUB 220003 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 603 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150722T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 603 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 602 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA HAVE MOVED TO THE EAST. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...MONUMENT...AIR FORCE ACADEMY... GLENEAGLE...BLACK FOREST AND PEYTON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3893 10450 3895 10487 3913 10486 3913 10436 $$ KAM
927 WGUS75 KPUB 220047 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 647 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220056- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-150722T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 647 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3893 10450 3895 10487 3913 10486 3913 10436 $$ KAM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 12:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 12:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Douglas | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 3:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 5:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 47 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.