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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2015, 1:57 PM MDT for Pueblo 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
- May 9, 2015, 1:57 PM MDT (19:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2015, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 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 12:00Z, 8.0 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
- 53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -132 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 660 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 196 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
322
WGUS55 KPUB 091957
FFWPUB
COC101-092300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0009.150509T1957Z-150509T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
157 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 500 PM MDT
* AT 156 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
BEGIN SHORTLY AS THESE TWO STORMS COLLIDE OVER THE PUEBLO AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PUEBLO...BLENDE...SALT CREEK...PUEBLO RESERVOIR AND PUEBLO WEST.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3838 10441 3808 10444 3809 10481 3837 10478
$$
KT2 follow-up statements
857 WGUS75 KPUB 092050 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 250 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 COC101-092300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150509T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 250 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 249 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN IN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO WEST AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF PUEBLO. FLASH FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED IN PUEBLO WEST. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...BLENDE...SALT CREEK...PUEBLO RESERVOIR AND PUEBLO WEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3838 10441 3808 10444 3809 10481 3837 10478 $$ KT
443 WGUS75 KPUB 092227 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 427 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 COC101-092230- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-150509T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 427 PM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... ...A FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... FLOOD WATERS ARE RECEDING...BUT WILL REMAIN HIGH FOR A WHILE LONGER. SINCE RAPID RISES ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED...AND REPLACED BY A FLOOD ADVISORY. A FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE EXISTING HIGH WATER AROUND THE PUEBLO AREA. LAT...LON 3838 10441 3808 10444 3809 10481 3837 10478 $$ LW
The 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, 4:43 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.