Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2016, 1:49 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Colorado. It was in force for 116 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
- Aug 8, 2016, 1:49 PM MDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:54 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 8, 2:10 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.75 | 8 Ne Spanish Peaks, CO | NORMALLY SMALL STREAM NEAR HOME IS NOW RUNNING ABOUT 10X LARGER THAN NORMAL. |
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 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 303 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
- 159 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -235 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2053 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
400 WGUS55 KPUB 081949 FFWPUB COC055-082145- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0020.160808T1949Z-160808T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 149 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 149 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. * FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY INCLUDING THE EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...SANTA CLARA CREEK...SOUTH SANTA CLARA CREEK...CHERRY CREEK AND WALSEN ARROYO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3745 10493 3752 10484 3745 10472 3741 10483 $$ KT
3 follow-up statements
025 WGUS75 KPUB 082024 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 224 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 COC055-082145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160808T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO- 224 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY... AT 210 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS IN ON THE NORTHEAST EDGE OF THE EAST PEAK BURN SCAR. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE SANTA CLARA CREEK. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...SANTA CLARA CREEK...SOUTH SANTA CLARA CREEK...CHERRY CREEK AND WALSEN ARROYO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3745 10493 3752 10484 3745 10472 3741 10483 $$ KT
033 WGUS75 KPUB 082054 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 254 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 COC055-082145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160808T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO- 254 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY... AT 251 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN A DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE SANTA CLARA CREEK AND THE SMALL CREEKS AND DRY WASHES ON THE EASTERN SIDE OF THE BURN SCAR. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...SANTA CLARA CREEK...SOUTH SANTA CLARA CREEK...CHERRY CREEK AND WALSEN ARROYO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3745 10493 3752 10484 3745 10472 3741 10483 $$ KT
772 WGUS75 KPUB 082140 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 340 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 COC055-082149- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-160808T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ HUERFANO CO- 340 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HUERFANO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3745 10493 3752 10484 3745 10472 3741 10483 $$ KT
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, 11:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Teller | 3 hr |
| 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, 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.