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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2016, 6:02 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 118 min. 10 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
- Aug 19, 2016, 6:02 PM MDT (00:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2016, 8:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 118 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 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 19, 6:10 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.61 | 2 Sse Black Forest, CO | 1.51 IN 30 MINUTES. |
| Aug 19, 6:12 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.5 | 4 Wsw Black Forest, CO | DURATION UNKNOWN, STREETS FLOODING. |
| Aug 19, 6:14 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 4 Sw Peyton, CO | FLOODING REPORTED AT ELBERT RD AND HWY 24. |
| Aug 19, 6:19 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.45 | 5 Nne Falcon, CO | . |
| Aug 19, 6:20 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.74 | 4 Wsw Black Forest, CO | PINE CREEK MET STATION BELOW OLD RANCH ROAD. |
| Aug 19, 6:41 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.58 | 4 N Falcon, CO | REX AND MERIDIAN ROAD. |
| Aug 19, 6:45 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.1 | 5 Nne Manitou Springs, CO | . |
| Aug 19, 6:50 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.09 | 3 Ne Manitou Springs, CO | RAIN RATE 6.62 IN/HR AT 6:26 PM. |
| Aug 19, 6:53 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.95 | 3 Nnw Colorado Springs, CO | . |
| Aug 19, 7:00 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.32 | 2 Nw Colorado Springs, CO | . |
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, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 41 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -131 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1069 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
642 WGUS55 KPUB 200002 FFWPUB COC041-200200- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0026.160820T0002Z-160820T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 602 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 800 PM MDT * AT 600 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 1.28 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...PEYTON...BLACK FOREST... FALCON...CIMARRON HILLS AND PETERSON AFB. PARTS OF THE WALDO CANYON SCAR MAY ALSO SEE FLOODING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH OR MORE ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. 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 3892 10429 3880 10483 3897 10496 3907 10454 $$ LW
1 follow-up statement
659 WGUS75 KPUB 200044 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 644 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2016 COC041-200200- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-160820T0200Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 644 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 640 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN SOME AREAS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...PEYTON...BLACK FOREST... FALCON...CIMARRON HILLS AND PETERSON AFB. PARTS OF THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR MAY ALSO EXPERIENCE FLOODING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE OCCURRED. ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3892 10429 3880 10483 3897 10496 3907 10454 $$ LW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 111 min |
| Aug 19, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 66 min |
| Aug 19, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 82 min |
| Aug 19, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 90 min |
| Aug 19, 9:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 96 min |
| Aug 20, 4:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Mineral, Rio Grande | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Las Animas | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 5:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 5:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
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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.