Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2016, 11:20 PM MDT for El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 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
- Aug 7, 2016, 11:20 PM MDT (05:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 2:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:25 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 11:53 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.86 | 4 S Colorado Springs, CO | . THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 1 HOUR 23 MINUTES. |
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, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 667 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -5 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 33 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
578 WGUS55 KPUB 080520 FFWPUB COC041-043-119-080815- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0019.160808T0520Z-160808T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1120 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN FREMONT COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN TELLER COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO... SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 215 AM MDT * AT 1118 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS ANTICIPATED. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SOUTHERN COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...SECURITY...FORT CARSON... CIMARRON HILLS...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...STRATMOOR AND PETERSON AFB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3887 10468 3862 10468 3863 10503 3881 10503 $$
1 follow-up statement
366 WGUS75 KPUB 080659 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1259 AM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 COC041-043-119-080709- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-160808T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ FREMONT CO-TELLER CO-EL PASO CO- 1259 AM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN FREMONT...SOUTHEASTERN TELLER AND SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3887 10468 3862 10468 3863 10503 3881 10503 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 92 min |
| Aug 7, 10:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 60 min |
| Aug 7, 10:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 64 min |
| Aug 7, 11:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 84 min |
| Aug 7, 11:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 1:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 1:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 116 min |
| Aug 8, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 34 min |
| Aug 8, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 3:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 3:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 31 min |
| Aug 8, 3:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 8, 4:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 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.