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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2016, 8:30 PM MDT for Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 4 reports 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
- May 31, 2016, 8:30 PM MDT (02:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 2016, 11:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:32 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 8:34 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.47 | 5 Wsw Pinon, CO | . |
| May 31, 8:34 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.47 | 5 Wsw Pinon, CO | . THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 17 MINUTES. |
| May 31, 10:32 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.8 | Blende, CO | . |
| May 31, 10:32 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.8 | Blende, CO | . THE DURATION OF THE HEAVY RAIN EVENT WAS 2 HOURS. |
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, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 143 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -50 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1207 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 160 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.6
The text
As transmitted.
426 WGUS55 KPUB 010230 FFWPUB COC101-010530- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0002.160601T0230Z-160601T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 830 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 1130 PM MDT * AT 829 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... PUEBLO...PINON...BLENDE...PUEBLO DEPOT...SALT CREEK...AVONDALE AND PUEBLO WEST. 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 3850 10447 3828 10426 3810 10454 3845 10475 $$
2 follow-up statements
119 WGUS75 KPUB 010320 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 920 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016 COC101-010530- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160601T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 920 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1130 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY... AT 918 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. SOME LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... PUEBLO...PINON...BLENDE...PUEBLO DEPOT...SALT CREEK... AVONDALE AND PUEBLO WEST. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3850 10447 3828 10426 3810 10454 3845 10475 $$
869 WGUS75 KPUB 010433 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1033 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016 COC101-010442- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160601T0530Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PUEBLO CO- 1033 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTY 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 3850 10447 3828 10426 3810 10454 3845 10475 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 95 min |
| May 31, 6:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 69 min |
| May 31, 6:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 85 min |
| May 31, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 90 min |
| May 31, 7:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 3 hr |
| May 31, 7:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 91 min |
| May 31, 7:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 93 min |
| May 31, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 50 min |
| May 31, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 88 min |
| May 31, 7:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 79 min |
| May 31, 8:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 84 min |
| May 31, 9:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero, Pueblo | 91 min |
| May 31, 9:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Crowley, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 31, 10:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 90 min |
| May 31, 10:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 62 min |
| May 31, 10:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 3 hr |
| May 31, 11:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 46 min |
| Jun 1, 1:53 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 5:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 20 min |
| Jun 1, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 24 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.