Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2015, 11:18 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, 11:18 PM MDT (05:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 17, 2015, 2:15 AM 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), 151 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:21 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 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 213 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.
890
WGUS55 KPUB 170518
FFWPUB
COC099-170815-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0046.150817T0518Z-150817T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1118 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 215 AM MDT
* AT 1116 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE
LAMAR AREA...THE HOLLY AREA AND ALONG BUFFALO CANAL. RADAR
INDICATES THAT AS MUCH AS THREE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN FELL
EARLIER THIS EVENING IN NORTHEAST PROWERS COUNTY AND NEAR LAMAR.
CREEKS AND STREAMS ACROSS NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY WILL BE RUNNING
HIGH AND FAST...AND MANY ROADWAYS MAY BE FLOODED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAMAR...HOLLY...GRANADA...WILEY...HARTMAN AND BRISTOL.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3796 10204 3796 10273 3816 10273 3826 10231
3826 10205
$$
282 follow-up statements
422
WGUS75 KPUB 170547
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1147 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015
COC099-170815-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-150817T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PROWERS CO-
1147 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM MDT FOR
NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY...
AT 1145 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE IN THE LAMAR AND HOLLY AREAS...AND ALONG BUFFALO CANAL.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
LAMAR...HOLLY...GRANADA...WILEY...HARTMAN AND BRISTOL.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...WEST WILD HORSE
CREEK...WEST HORSE CREEK...TWO BUTTE CREEK...CLAY CREEK...BOGGS
CREEK...CHEYENNE CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...BUFFALO CANAL...BIG
SANDY CREEK AND PAULS ARROYO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3796 10204 3796 10273 3816 10273 3826 10231
3826 10205
$$
28491
WGUS75 KPUB 170805
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
205 AM MDT MON AUG 17 2015
COC099-170815-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-150817T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
PROWERS CO-
205 AM MDT MON AUG 17 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN PROWERS COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
215 AM MDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3796 10204 3796 10273 3816 10273 3826 10231
3826 10205
$$
SRThe 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, 9:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 116 min |
| Aug 16, 9:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
| 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.