Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2015, 8:51 PM MDT for Prowers 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 16, 2015, 8:51 PM MDT (02:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2015, 11:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 199 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -117 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2253 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
888
WGUS55 KPUB 170251
FFWPUB
COC099-170545-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0044.150817T0251Z-150817T0545Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
851 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1145 PM MDT
* AT 850 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF
RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN
PROWERS COUNTY.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WEST WILD HORSE
CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK...CHEYENNE CREEK AND PAULS ARROYO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3826 10204 3812 10205 3814 10219 3826 10219
$$
283 follow-up statements
497 WGUS75 KPUB 170307 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 907 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 COC099-170545- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150817T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO- 907 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY... AT 906 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WEST WILD HORSE CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK...CHEYENNE CREEK AND PAULS ARROYO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3826 10204 3812 10205 3814 10219 3826 10219 $$ 28
303 WGUS75 KPUB 170331 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 931 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 COC099-170545- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150817T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO- 931 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY... AT 930 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. IT IS POSSIBLE THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WEST WILD HORSE CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK...CHEYENNE CREEK AND PAULS ARROYO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3826 10204 3812 10205 3814 10219 3826 10219 $$ 28
244 WGUS75 KPUB 170426 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1026 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 COC099-170545- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-150817T0545Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO- 1026 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY... AT 1025 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LIGHT RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RADAR INDICATES THAT THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN THE WARNED AREA TONIGHT AND THUS FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WEST WILD HORSE CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK...CHEYENNE CREEK AND PAULS ARROYO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3826 10204 3812 10205 3814 10219 3826 10219 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 46 min | |
| Aug 16, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 8:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 40 min |
| Aug 16, 8:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 8:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 31 min |
| Aug 16, 8:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Prowers | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| Aug 16, 9:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 116 min |
| Aug 16, 9:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
| Aug 16, 11:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Aug 17, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 3:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Aug 17, 3:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| Aug 17, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 15 min |
| Aug 17, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Aug 17, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Aug 17, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Aug 17, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 67 min |
| Aug 17, 5:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 48 min |
Nearby
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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.