Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Apr 15, 2016, 3:09 PM MDT for Kiowa 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
- Apr 15, 2016, 3:09 PM MDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 15, 2016, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Kiowa County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1499 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 195 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
383 WGUS55 KPUB 152109 FFWPUB COC061-152300- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0001.160415T2109Z-160415T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 309 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 500 PM MDT * AT 307 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN EADS AT THE RAIL ROAD VIADUCT. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING TOWARDS EADS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EADS...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AND NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR. LAT...LON 3861 10252 3828 10278 3829 10310 3861 10292 $$ HODANISH
5 follow-up statements
258 WGUS75 KPUB 152132 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 332 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 COC061-152300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160415T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIOWA CO- 332 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY... AT 329 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUES TO INDICATE STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TRAINING OVER CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. THIS ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN WILL EXACERBATE THE FLOODING THAT IS ALREADY OCCURRING IN THE WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EADS...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AND NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR. LAT...LON 3861 10252 3828 10278 3829 10310 3861 10292 $$ HODANISH
078 WGUS75 KPUB 152221 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 415 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 COC061-152300- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160415T2300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIOWA CO- 415 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY... AT 415 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT THE US 287 UNDERPASS IN EADS HAS REOPENED. RESIDUAL FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT 45 MINUTES. IN ADDITION...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHERN BENT COUNTY...AND THESE STORMS MAY MOVE INTO CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY BY 5PM. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EADS...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AND NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR. LAT...LON 3861 10252 3828 10278 3829 10310 3861 10292 $$ PGW
083 WGUS55 KPUB 152238 FFWPUB COC061-160030- /O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160416T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 437 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 437 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. MANY COUNTY ROADS IN THE AREA ARE FLOODED AND NEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING INTO CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EADS...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AND NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR. LAT...LON 3861 10252 3828 10278 3829 10310 3861 10292 $$ PGW
528 WGUS75 KPUB 152330 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 526 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 COC061-160030- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160416T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIOWA CO- 526 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY... AT 526 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY ARE MOVING OVER CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS JUST EACH OF THE AREA OF HEAVIER RAIN A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO. MANY COUNTY ROADS IN THE WARNED AREA COULD BE FLOODED FROM THE CURRENT STORMS OR PREVIOUS STORMS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... EADS...SWEETWATER RESERVOIR AND NEEGRONDA RESERVOIR. LAT...LON 3861 10252 3828 10278 3829 10310 3861 10292 $$ PGW
948 WGUS75 KPUB 160026 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 626 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 COC061-160036- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-160416T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ KIOWA CO- 626 PM MDT FRI APR 15 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL KIOWA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3861 10252 3828 10278 3829 10310 3861 10292 $$ PGW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 15, 10:28 AM MDT | Winter Weather Advisory | PUB | Alamosa, Conejos, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 4 more | 41 hr |
| Apr 15, 12:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 40 min |
| Apr 15, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 31 min |
| Apr 15, 1:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 24 min |
| Apr 15, 2:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 38 min |
| Apr 15, 2:39 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 36 min |
| Apr 15, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 43 min |
| Apr 15, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 20 min |
| Apr 15, 3:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 8 min |
| Apr 15, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 50 min |
| Apr 15, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 48 min |
| Apr 15, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 15 min |
| Apr 15, 4:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 49 min |
| Apr 15, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 30 min |
| Apr 15, 4:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 67 min |
| Apr 15, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 45 min |
| Apr 15, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 31 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.