Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 10, 2015, 12:42 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. 5 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
- Aug 10, 2015, 12:42 PM MDT (18:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 10, 2015, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 10, 1:13 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.75 | 4 Nw Peterson Afb, CO | FELL IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. |
| Aug 10, 1:15 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.87 | 3 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | |
| Aug 10, 1:17 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.43 | 2 Nnw Peterson Afb, CO | |
| Aug 10, 1:27 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.46 | 3 Ene Manitou Springs, CO | |
| Aug 10, 1:44 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.87 | 4 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | IN THE PAST 45 MINUTES. |
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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 21 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1701 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
893
WGUS55 KPUB 101842
FFWPUB
COC041-102045-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0040.150810T1842Z-150810T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1242 PM MDT MON AUG 10 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 245 PM MDT
* AT 1241 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...
COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB...
CIMARRON HILLS...FORT CARSON AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 10466 3883 10469 3875 10478 3886 10494
3895 10486
$$
STARK3 follow-up statements
477
WGUS75 KPUB 101916
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
116 PM MDT MON AUG 10 2015
COC041-102045-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150810T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
116 PM MDT MON AUG 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 114 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING IN
PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS AND MANITOU SPRINGS. FLASH FLOODING IS
ALREADY OCCURRING.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB...
CIMARRON HILLS...FORT CARSON AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS MOVED WELL EAST OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN
SCAR...HOWEVER RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE FLOODING ALONG CANON
AVENUE IN MANITOU SPRINGS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 10466 3883 10469 3875 10478 3886 10494
3895 10486
$$
STARK207
WGUS75 KPUB 101933
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
133 PM MDT MON AUG 10 2015
COC041-102045-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150810T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
133 PM MDT MON AUG 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 130 PM MDT...THE HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
HIGH WATER AND FLASH FLOODING SHOULD CONTINUE TO IMPROVE ACROSS THE
WARNED AREA THROUGH 245 PM MDT. HIGH WATER IN AREA CREEKS AND
STREAMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE NEXT HOUR OR SO...BUT IMPROVEMENT
IS EXPECTED. STREET AND URBAN FLOODING IN COLORADO SPRINGS SHOULD
ALSO BEGIN TO IMPROVE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
COLORADO SPRINGS...MANITOU SPRINGS...STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB...
CIMARRON HILLS...FORT CARSON AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3895 10466 3883 10469 3875 10478 3886 10494
3895 10486
$$
STARK786
WGUS75 KPUB 102005
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
205 PM MDT MON AUG 10 2015
COC041-102014-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-150810T2045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
205 PM MDT MON AUG 10 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3895 10466 3883 10469 3875 10478 3886 10494
3895 10486
$$
STARKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 47 min |
| Aug 9, 10:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 12:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Aug 10, 12:26 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 12:50 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 115 min |
| Aug 10, 11:43 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 47 min |
| Aug 10, 11:56 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 12:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 12:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Aug 10, 1:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Aug 10, 3:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 4:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 117 min |
| Aug 10, 4:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 115 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.