Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2015, 5:14 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 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 21, 2015, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2015, 8:15 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), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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, 6:48 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.68 | 4 W Ellicott, CO | SPOTTER RECIEVED 0.68 INCHES. |
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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 138 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.
474
WGUS55 KPUB 212314
FFWPUB
COC041-220215-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0036.150721T2314Z-150722T0215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
514 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 815 PM MDT
* AT 514 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...
CALHAN...RAMAH...RUSH...ELLICOTT...SCHRIEVER AFB AND YODER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3874 10405 3876 10462 3913 10436 3913 10405
$$
HODANISH5 follow-up statements
015 WGUS75 KPUB 212336 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 536 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220215- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150722T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 536 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 535 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE HOUR AS IT MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PART OF EL PASO COUNTY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CALHAN...RAMAH...RUSH...ELLICOTT...AND YODER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN. && LAT...LON 3874 10405 3876 10462 3913 10436 3913 10405 $$ HODANISH
369 WGUS75 KPUB 212351 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 551 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220215- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150722T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 551 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 549 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING NORTHEAST OF RUSH. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL LIKELY OCCUR WITH THIS BAND OF HEAVY RAIN AS IT MOVES ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3874 10405 3876 10462 3913 10436 3913 10405 $$ HODANISH
229 WGUS75 KPUB 220024 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 624 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220215- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150722T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 624 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 623 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ONGOING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3874 10405 3876 10462 3913 10436 3913 10405 $$ KAM
722 WGUS75 KPUB 220103 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 703 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220215- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150722T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 703 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 702 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY HAS MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING MAY BE ONGOING AT THIS TIME ACROSS NORTHEAST EL PASO COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3874 10405 3876 10462 3913 10436 3913 10405 $$ KAM
892 WGUS75 KPUB 220125 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 725 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 COC041-220135- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-150722T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 725 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3874 10405 3876 10462 3913 10436 3913 10405 $$ 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, 4:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| 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, 5:27 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.