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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2015, 4:43 AM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 8 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
- May 9, 2015, 4:43 AM MDT (10:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2015, 7:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:44 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 5:31 AM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Colorado Springs, CO | CSPD REPORTS 6 - 8 INCHES OF STANDING WATER ON THE INTERSTATE AT I-25 AND WOODMAN. |
| May 9, 6:03 AM MDT | RAIN | 2 Wnw Colorado Springs, CO | 2.3 INCHES - 22HR TOTAL |
| May 9, 6:03 AM MDT | RAIN | 2 Wnw Colorado Springs, CO | |
| May 9, 6:40 AM MDT | RAIN | 3 Wsw Colorado Springs, CO | 2.64 INCHES |
| May 9, 7:04 AM MDT | RAIN | 4 Sse Air Force Academy, CO | 1.56 INCHES SINCE MIDNIGHT |
| May 9, 7:20 AM MDT | RAIN | 4 Ssw Air Force Academy, CO | 1.1 INCHES IN PAST 4 HOURS. DOUGLAS CREEK ABOVE FLYING W |
| May 9, 7:39 AM MDT | RAIN | 3 Ene Manitou Springs, CO | 1.65 INCHES |
| May 9, 7:55 AM MDT | RAIN | 2 Ene Manitou Springs, CO | 1.81 INCHES IN PAST 4 HOURS. CAMP CREEK NEAR GOD. |
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 177 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
- 182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 684 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 193 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
353
WGUS55 KPUB 091043
FFWPUB
COC041-091345-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0005.150509T1043Z-150509T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
443 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 745 AM MDT
* AT 438 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER EASTERN PORTIONS THE WALDO
BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE CAMP
CREEK...DOUGLAS CREEK AND WEST MONUMENT CREEK DRAINAGES. THE
DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE
MATERIALS.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND MANITOU SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...CAMP CREEK...
INCLUDING QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST
STREET CHANNEL...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR
FORCE ACADEMY...MONUMENT CREEK...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND
ROCKRIMMON SUBDIVISIONS...CABIN CREEK...COTTONWOOD CREEK...WILLIAMS
CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU SPRINGS...WALDO CANYON...INCLUDING MANITOU
SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN CREEK...PINE CREEK...KETTLE CREEK...SOUTH DOUGLAS
CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO
MONUMENT CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING OAK VALLEY...AND
SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK AND SHOOKS RUN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 10481 3882 10482 3882 10493 3888 10494
3898 10494
$$
MW3 follow-up statements
683
WGUS75 KPUB 091125
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
525 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
COC041-091345-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150509T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
525 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 519 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN HAVE MOVED NORTH AND EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA WITH PREVIOUS
HEAVY RAIN ON THE EASTERN PORTIONS THE WALDO BURN SCAR WILL LIKELY
RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE CAMP CREEK...DOUGLAS CREEK
AND MONUMENT CREEK DRAINAGES. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF
ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE.
THE DOUGLAS CREEK RAIN GAGE ABOVE THE FLYING W RANCH HAS REPORTED
JUST UNDER 1/2 INCH OF RAIN OVER THE PAST HOUR...WITH THE GAGE AT
CAMP CREEK NEAR THE GARDEN OF THE GODS REPORTING 3/4 OF AN INCH OF
RAIN.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND MANITOU SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...CAMP CREEK...
INCLUDING QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST
STREET CHANNEL...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR
FORCE ACADEMY...MONUMENT CREEK...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND
ROCKRIMMON SUBDIVISIONS....SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN
SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS
CREEK...INCLUDING OAK VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK
AND SHOOKS RUN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 10481 3882 10482 3882 10493 3888 10494
3898 10494
$$
MW638
WGUS75 KPUB 091228
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
628 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
COC041-091345-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150509T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
628 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 623 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF WESTERN COLORADO
SPRINGS AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER EASTERN PORTIONS THE WALDO BURN SCAR WILL
RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE CAMP CREEK...DOUGLAS CREEK
AND MONUMENT CREEK DRAINAGES. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF
ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY AND MANITOU SPRINGS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...CAMP CREEK...
INCLUDING QUEENS CANYON...GARDEN OF THE GODS...ROCKLEDGE RANCH...31ST
STREET CHANNEL...WEST MONUMENT CREEK...INCLUDING EXTREME SOUTHERN AIR
FORCE ACADEMY...MONUMENT CREEK...DRY CREEK...INCLUDING PEREGRINE AND
ROCKRIMMON SUBDIVISIONS...SOUTH DOUGLAS CREEK...INCLUDING MOUNTAIN
SHADOWS...HOLLAND PARK AND EAST TO MONUMENT CREEK...NORTH DOUGLAS
CREEK...INCLUDING OAK VALLEY...AND SUBDIVISIONS TO MONUMENT CREEK
AND SHOOKS RUN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF
CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS
WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP
TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3898 10481 3882 10482 3882 10493 3888 10494
3898 10494
$$
MW079
WGUS75 KPUB 091337
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
737 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
COC041-091346-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-150509T1345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
737 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 AM MDT...
FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3898 10481 3882 10482 3882 10493 3888 10494
3898 10494
$$
MWThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 6:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 42 min |
| May 8, 6:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Otero | 36 min |
| May 8, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 54 min |
| May 8, 6:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 23 min |
| May 8, 6:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Otero | 2 hr |
| May 8, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 44 min |
| May 8, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 28 min |
| May 8, 6:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 54 min |
| May 8, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 29 min |
| May 8, 7:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 58 min |
| May 8, 7:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 4 hr |
| May 8, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 28 min |
| May 8, 7:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 54 min |
| May 8, 8:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 30 min |
| May 8, 8:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 3 hr |
| May 8, 9:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 58 min |
| May 8, 9:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 35 min |
| May 8, 10:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Otero | 6 hr |
| May 8, 10:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 118 min |
| May 8, 11:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 76 min |
| May 9, 12:51 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 114 min |
| May 9, 3:23 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| May 9, 3:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| May 9, 3:57 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 9, 4:11 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| May 9, 4:46 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 45 hr |
| May 9, 4:59 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 9, 5:22 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Chaffee, El Paso, Fremont, Lake, Saguache, Teller | 25 hr |
| May 9, 5:22 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 25 hr |
| May 9, 5:28 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | El Paso | 15 hr |
| May 9, 5:51 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 9, 6:08 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 9, 6:16 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 12 hr |
| May 9, 6:21 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| May 9, 6:37 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 23 min |
| May 9, 8:11 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 17 hr |
| May 9, 9:16 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 29 min |
| May 9, 11:44 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 31 min |
| May 9, 12:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 31 min |
| May 9, 12:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 25 min |
| May 9, 12:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Crowley | 14 min |
| May 9, 12:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 2 hr |
| May 9, 12:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Teller | 38 min |
| May 9, 1:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley | 26 min |
| May 9, 1:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 119 min |
| May 9, 1:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 30 min |
| May 9, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 28 min |
| May 9, 1:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| May 9, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 50 min |
| May 9, 1:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 9, 2:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 9, 2:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 53 min |
| May 9, 2:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 min |
| May 9, 2:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| May 9, 2:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 9, 2:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 23 min |
| May 9, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 49 min |
| May 9, 3:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 38 min |
| May 9, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 25 min |
| May 9, 3:23 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 34 hr |
| May 9, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 46 min |
| May 9, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 43 min |
| May 9, 3:37 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| May 9, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 41 min |
| May 9, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| May 9, 4:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 9, 4:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 41 min |
| May 9, 4:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| May 9, 4:24 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| May 9, 5:59 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 14 hr |
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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.