Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2015, 9:19 PM MDT for Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 116 min. 3 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 16, 2015, 9:19 PM MDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2015, 11:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 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 16, 10:19 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.75 | 4 W Lamar, CO | |
| Aug 16, 10:38 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.08 | 4 W Lamar, CO | |
| Aug 16, 10:50 PM MDT | FLOOD | Lamar, CO | ALONG HIGHWAY 50 |
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 00:00Z, 3.3 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
- 145 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1747 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 161 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
468
WGUS55 KPUB 170319
FFWPUB
COC099-170515-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0045.150817T0319Z-150817T0515Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
919 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1115 PM MDT
* AT 918 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED.
RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE
LAMAR AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAMAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3815 10253 3799 10251 3799 10271 3814 10271
$$
284 follow-up statements
657 WGUS75 KPUB 170334 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 934 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 COC099-170515- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150817T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO- 934 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY... AT 932 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN JUST EAST OF LAMAR. RADAR INDICATES THAT THE LAMAR AREA MAY HAVE RECEIVED AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAMAR AND VICINITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3815 10253 3799 10251 3799 10271 3814 10271 $$ 28
502 WGUS75 KPUB 170355 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 955 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 COC099-170515- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150817T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO- 955 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY... AT 953 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...MOVING INTO THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING AREA FROM THE NORTHWEST. THESE STORMS WILL BRING RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...IN AN AREA WHERE AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THUS...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAMAR AND VICINITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3815 10253 3799 10251 3799 10271 3814 10271 $$ 28
416 WGUS75 KPUB 170418 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1018 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 COC099-170515- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150817T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO- 1018 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY... AT 1017 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAMAR AND VICINITY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3815 10253 3799 10251 3799 10271 3814 10271 $$ 28
203 WGUS75 KPUB 170445 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1045 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 COC099-170515- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0045.000000T0000Z-150817T0515Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO- 1045 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN PROWERS COUNTY... AT 1044 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 50 IN THE LAMAR AREA. AT 1044 PM RADAR INDICATED MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING OVER PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF LAMAR. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAMAR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3815 10253 3799 10251 3799 10271 3814 10271 $$ 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, 8:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 3 hr |
| Aug 16, 9:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 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 |
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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.