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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2016, 1:30 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 11 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 29, 2016, 1:30 PM MDT (19:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2016, 4:30 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), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:33 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 29, 1:38 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.8 | 4 Nnw Peterson Afb, CO | FELL IN 30 MINUTES. |
| Aug 29, 1:38 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.8 | 4 Nw Peterson Afb, CO | FELL IN 30 MINUTES. |
| Aug 29, 1:40 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 0.84 | 5 Ne Manitou Springs, CO | FELL IN 15 MINUTES. |
| Aug 29, 2:03 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | FLASH FLOODING OF PLATTE AND UNION. |
| Aug 29, 2:08 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | FLOODING OF SHOOKS RUN AND PIKES PEAK AVE. |
| Aug 29, 2:11 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 S Colorado Springs, CO | WATER UP TO DOORS ON VEHICLES. |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Sse Colorado Springs, CO | STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | ROAD CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | STREETS CLOSED. |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 2 N Colorado Springs, CO | STREET CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ene Colorado Springs, CO | STREETS CLOSED. |
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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2322 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
179 WGUS55 KPUB 291930 FFWPUB COC041-292130- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0031.160829T1930Z-160829T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 130 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 330 PM MDT * AT 128 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN, AND HEAVY RAIN IS CONTINUING. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY, ESPECIALLY IN POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND INTERSECTIONS. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...CIMARRON HILLS... STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB...SECURITY... SECURITY-WIDEFIELD AND FORT CARSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3900 10468 3875 10469 3876 10489 3900 10485 $$ PGW
4 follow-up statements
556 WGUS75 KPUB 291954 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 154 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 COC041-292130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160829T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 154 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 153 PM MDT...THE MEDIA HAS SHOWN SEVERAL REPORTS OF STREET FLOODING IN THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...CIMARRON HILLS...STRATMOOR... PETERSON AFB...SECURITY...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD AND FORT CARSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3900 10468 3875 10469 3876 10489 3900 10485 $$ PGW
294 WGUS75 KPUB 292029 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 229 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 COC041-292130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160829T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 229 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY... AT 227 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED HEAVY RAIN IN COLORADO SPRINGS. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. THE THUNDERSTORM IS WEAKENING, AND FLASH FLOODING WILL CONTINUE DUE THE THE HEAVIER RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...CIMARRON HILLS...STRATMOOR... PETERSON AFB...SECURITY...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD AND FORT CARSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... 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. PLEASE REPORT FLOODING TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3900 10468 3875 10469 3876 10489 3900 10485 $$ PGW
134 WGUS55 KPUB 292108 FFWPUB COC041-292230- /O.EXT.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160829T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 308 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS EXTENDED THE * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXCESSIVE RAIN IN... NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 430 PM MDT * AT 305 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED THAT EXCESSIVE FLASH FLOODING WAS OCCURING OVER THE WARNED AREA. THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN HAS WEAKENED, AND FLASH FLOODING DUE TO THE EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...CIMARRON HILLS... STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB...SECURITY... SECURITY-WIDEFIELD AND FORT CARSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. && LAT...LON 3900 10468 3875 10469 3876 10489 3900 10485 $$ PGW
177 WGUS75 KPUB 292222 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 422 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 COC041-292230- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-160829T2230Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 422 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3900 10468 3875 10469 3876 10489 3900 10485 $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 28, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 38 min |
| Aug 28, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 45 min |
| Aug 28, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 50 min |
| Aug 28, 6:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 114 min |
| Aug 28, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 44 min |
| Aug 28, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 32 min |
| Aug 28, 9:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| Aug 28, 9:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 119 min |
| Aug 28, 9:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 28, 9:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 11:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:03 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 1:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 1:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 117 min |
| Aug 29, 2:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 2:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 2:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 30 min |
| Aug 29, 3:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 37 min |
| Aug 29, 3:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:54 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 19 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 45 min |
| Aug 29, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 52 min |
| Aug 29, 4:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 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.