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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 7, 2016El Paso County, Fremont County, Teller County, Colorado

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.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 7, 11:53 PM MDTHEAVY RAIN 2.864 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 667 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2016-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -22 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache92 min
Aug 7, 10:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso60 min
Aug 7, 10:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Teller64 min
Aug 7, 11:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller84 min
Aug 7, 11:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Teller48 min
Aug 8, 1:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBHuerfano, Las Animas3 hr
Aug 8, 1:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas34 min
Aug 8, 1:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBHuerfano116 min
Aug 8, 2:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont41 min
Aug 8, 2:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache47 min
Aug 8, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller34 min
Aug 8, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont36 min
Aug 8, 3:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Fremont, Pueblo42 min
Aug 8, 3:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBChaffee, Fremont3 hr
Aug 8, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso43 min
Aug 8, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBEl Paso, Pueblo31 min
Aug 8, 3:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Aug 8, 4:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo50 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.