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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2016, 7:46 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Colorado. It was in force for 119 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 25, 2016, 7:46 PM MDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 25, 2016, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.
183 WGUS55 KPUB 260146 FFWPUB COC025-089-260345- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0016.160726T0146Z-160726T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 746 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 945 PM MDT * AT 745 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ROCKY FORD...FOWLER...ORDWAY...MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS... SUGAR CITY...CHERAW AND CROWLEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL. && LAT...LON 3834 10351 3805 10351 3804 10405 3833 10405 $$ LW
2 follow-up statements
819 WGUS75 KPUB 260239 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 839 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 COC025-089-260345- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160726T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO- 839 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR NORTHERN OTERO AND SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTIES... AT 838 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... ROCKY FORD...FOWLER...ORDWAY...MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS... SUGAR CITY...CHERAW AND CROWLEY. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL. && LAT...LON 3834 10351 3805 10351 3804 10405 3833 10405 $$ LW
573 WGUS75 KPUB 260337 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 937 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 COC025-089-260345- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-160726T0345Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ OTERO CO-CROWLEY CO- 937 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN OTERO AND SOUTHERN CROWLEY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM MDT... FLOOD WATERS ARE DROPPING AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A MAJOR THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO AVOID WATER OVER ROADWAYS AND HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3834 10351 3805 10351 3804 10405 3833 10405 $$ LW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 113 min |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.