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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2016, 6:07 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 113 min. 1 report 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
- Jul 25, 2016, 6:07 PM MDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 113 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:19 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2 | 5 Wsw Blende, CO | . |
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, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 762 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2835 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
884 WGUS55 KPUB 260007 FFWPUB COC101-260200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0015.160726T0007Z-160726T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 607 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 606 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...SALT CREEK...PINON...BLENDE...PUEBLO WEST AND PUEBLO RESERVOIR. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. LAT...LON 3850 10443 3808 10452 3809 10478 3850 10466 $$ TLM
4 follow-up statements
197 WGUS75 KPUB 260027 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 627 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 COC101-260200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160726T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 627 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 626 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING IN THE PUEBLO AREA. OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...SALT CREEK...PINON...BLENDE AND PUEBLO WEST. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3850 10443 3808 10452 3809 10473 3849 10462 $$ TLM
578 WGUS75 KPUB 260051 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 651 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 COC101-260200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160726T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 651 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 649 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM THE PUEBLO MEMORIAL AIRPORT TO BLENDE. DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... THE EASTERN PART OF THE CITY OF PUEBLO AND BLENDE. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 INCHE TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3850 10443 3808 10452 3809 10473 3849 10462 $$ TLM
717 WGUS75 KPUB 260106 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 706 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 COC101-260200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160726T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 706 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 704 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN IN THE VICINITY OF BLENDE. ADDITONAL RAINFALL OF 1/4 TO 1/2 INCH IS POSSIBLE IN THE BLENDE AREA THROUGH 745 PM MDT. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SOUTHEAST PUEBLO...SALT CREEK AND BLENDE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3808 10452 3809 10463 3833 10458 3832 10447 $$ TLM
076 WGUS75 KPUB 260134 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 734 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 COC101-260143- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-160726T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 734 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. LAT...LON 3808 10452 3809 10463 3833 10458 3832 10447 $$ TLM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa | 59 min |
| Jul 25, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 27 min |
| Jul 25, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 7:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 65 min |
| Jul 25, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 7:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 119 min |
| Jul 25, 8:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Otero | 50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.