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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 22, 2016Alamosa County, Costilla County, Huerfano County, Colorado

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.

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

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2016-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2016-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee28 min
Jul 21, 8:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCuster42 min
Jul 22, 2:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBChaffee38 min
Jul 22, 2:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca47 min
Jul 22, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso31 min
Jul 22, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
Jul 22, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Jul 22, 5:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley23 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.