Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 2016, 9:50 PM MDT for 4 counties in 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
- May 31, 2016, 9:50 PM MDT (03:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2016, 12:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Crowley County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:50 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 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.
167
WGUS55 KPUB 010350
FFWPUB
COC025-071-089-101-010645-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0003.160601T0350Z-160601T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
950 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN OTERO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT
* AT 949 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCKY FORD...FOWLER...ORDWAY...MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS...BOONE...
SUGAR CITY...CROWLEY AND TIMPAS.
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 3838 10409 3838 10363 3765 10366 3764 10391
3801 10439 3810 10454
$$3 follow-up statements
137
WGUS75 KPUB 010436
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1036 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
COC025-071-089-101-010645-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160601T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
1036 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FOR
WESTERN OTERO...EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO...SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...
AT 1034 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF EXPERIENCING FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCKY FORD...FOWLER...ORDWAY...MANZANOLA...OLNEY SPRINGS...BOONE...
SUGAR CITY...CROWLEY AND TIMPAS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNED AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3838 10409 3838 10363 3765 10366 3764 10391
3801 10439 3810 10454
$$345
WGUS75 KPUB 010452
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1052 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
COC025-071-089-101-010645-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160601T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
1052 PM MDT TUE MAY 31 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FOR
WESTERN OTERO...EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO...SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND
NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES...
AT 1050 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ALONG HIGHWAY 50 NEAR MANZANOLA. BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN
HAS FALLEN ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 50 FROM FOWLER EAST TO
NEAR MANZANOLA...WITH ANOTHER HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE BY
MIDNIGHT.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
ROCKY FORD...FOWLER...ORDWAY...MANZANOLA...OLNEY
SPRINGS...BOONE...SUGAR CITY...CROWLEY AND TIMPAS.
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.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
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 3838 10409 3838 10363 3765 10366 3764 10391
3801 10439 3810 10454
$$
EP294
WGUS75 KPUB 010644
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
1244 AM MDT WED JUN 1 2016
COC025-071-089-101-010654-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-160601T0645Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
OTERO CO-PUEBLO CO-CROWLEY CO-LAS ANIMAS CO-
1244 AM MDT WED JUN 1 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN OTERO...EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO...
SOUTHWESTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHEASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 1245 AM MDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3838 10409 3838 10363 3765 10366 3764 10391
3801 10439 3810 10454
$$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, 8:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.