Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2015, 2:50 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2015, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2015, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2237 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
671 WGUS55 KPUB 032050 FFWPUB COC011-032345- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0038.150803T2050Z-150803T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 250 PM MDT MON AUG 3 2015 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 545 PM MDT * AT 247 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY. WEATHER SPOTTERS 4 SOUTHWEST OF LAS ANIMAS REPORTED 2 3/4 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...PURGATOIRE RIVER AND ARKANSAS RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3804 10319 3798 10320 3798 10333 3804 10331 $$ MW
2 follow-up statements
207 WGUS75 KPUB 032142 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 342 PM MDT MON AUG 3 2015 COC011-032345- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-150803T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENT CO- 342 PM MDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY... AT 337 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED AND MOVED AWAY FROM THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA OVER THE PAST HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AREAS WEST OF THE PURGATORIE RIVER ALONG AND BETWEEN COUNTY ROADS BB...CC AND DD. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...PURGATOIRE RIVER AND ARKANSAS RIVER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3804 10319 3798 10320 3798 10333 3804 10331 $$ MW
516 WGUS75 KPUB 032330 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 530 PM MDT MON AUG 3 2015 COC011-032339- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-150803T2345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENT CO- 530 PM MDT MON AUG 3 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL BENT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3804 10319 3798 10320 3798 10333 3804 10331 $$ MW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 12:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 1:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent | 119 min |
| Aug 3, 1:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 1:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 1:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 2:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent | 111 min |
| Aug 3, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 114 min |
| Aug 3, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 5:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 110 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.