Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2016, 5:19 PM MDT for Alamosa County, Costilla County, Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 2016, 5:19 PM MDT (23:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2016, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Alamosa County, CO, Costilla County, CO, Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -379 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2356 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
175 WGUS55 KPUB 222319 FFWPUB COC003-023-055-230115- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0014.160722T2319Z-160723T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 519 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL ALAMOSA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... NORTHWESTERN COSTILLA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO... WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 715 PM MDT * AT 518 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BLANCA AND BLANCA PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3771 10534 3759 10524 3739 10560 3756 10570 $$ HODANISH
2 follow-up statements
575 WGUS75 KPUB 222338 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 538 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016 COC003-023-055-230115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160723T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALAMOSA CO-COSTILLA CO-HUERFANO CO- 538 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALAMOSA...NORTHWESTERN COSTILLA AND WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES... AT 535 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN IN AND AROUND MOUNT BLANCA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE TRAINING OVER THIS REGION FROM THE SOUTHWEST. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN AND AROUND MOUNT BLANCA. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG HIGHWAY 150 WHICH CONNECTS THE SAND DUNES NATIONAL PARK TO HIGHWAY 160. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BLANCA AND BLANCA PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3771 10534 3759 10524 3739 10560 3756 10570 $$ HODANISH
591 WGUS75 KPUB 230029 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 629 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016 COC003-023-055-230115- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-160723T0115Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ALAMOSA CO-COSTILLA CO-HUERFANO CO- 629 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL ALAMOSA...NORTHWESTERN COSTILLA AND WEST CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTIES... AT 626 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... BLANCA AND BLANCA PEAK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS IMMINENT. IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS AND HIKERS SHOULD AVOID STREAMS OR CREEKS. && LAT...LON 3771 10534 3759 10524 3739 10560 3756 10570 $$ LW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 8:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 42 min |
| Jul 22, 2:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 38 min |
| Jul 22, 2:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 22, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 24 min |
| Jul 22, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 22, 5:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 23 min |
Nearby
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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.