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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 8, 2016, 3:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 8, 2016, 3:57 PM MDT (21:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 175 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.
755 WGUS55 KPUB 082157 FFWPUB COC041-090100- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0021.160808T2157Z-160809T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 357 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 700 PM MDT * AT 357 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 WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HANOVER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN 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. && LAT...LON 3866 10461 3881 10439 3853 10425 3852 10457 $$ KT
2 follow-up statements
811 WGUS75 KPUB 082224 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 424 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 COC041-090100- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160809T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 424 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 423 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. TWO AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... HANOVER. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3866 10461 3881 10439 3853 10425 3852 10457 $$ SR
714 WGUS75 KPUB 082327 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 527 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 COC041-082335- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160809T0100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 527 PM MDT MON AUG 8 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3866 10461 3881 10439 3853 10425 3852 10457 $$ EP
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, 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.