Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2016, 1:48 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 117 min. 5 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, 1:48 PM MDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2016, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 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, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 Wnw Manitou Springs, CO | CANYON AND MANITOU AVE CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Manitou Springs, CO | CANYON AND MANITOU AVE CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Manitou Springs, CO | CANYON AND MANITOU AVE CLOSED PREEMPTIVELY FOR POTENTIAL FLASH FLOODING. NO FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING YET. . |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Manitou Springs, CO | EL PASO BLVD AND LOVERS LANE CLOSED DUE TO FLASH FLOODING. |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Manitou Springs, CO | EL PASO BLVD AND LOVERS LANE CLOSED PREEMPTIVELY. NO FLASH FLOODING OCCURRING YET. |
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 178 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.
551 WGUS55 KPUB 291948 FFWPUB COC041-292145- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0033.160829T1948Z-160829T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 148 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 147 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS... GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. LAT...LON 3897 10485 3880 10487 3893 10502 3901 10496 $$ PGW
4 follow-up statements
448 WGUS75 KPUB 291958 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 158 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 COC041-292145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160829T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 158 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 157 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH DOUGLASS AND CAMP CREEK DRAINAGES. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS... GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE. LAT...LON 3897 10485 3880 10487 3893 10502 3901 10496 $$ PGW
766 WGUS75 KPUB 292012 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 212 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 COC041-292145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160829T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 212 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 212 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOW MOVING THROUGH THE NORTH DOUGLASS AND CAMP CREEK DRAINAGES. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS... GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE. LAT...LON 3897 10485 3880 10487 3893 10502 3901 10496 $$ PGW
211 WGUS75 KPUB 292022 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 222 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 COC041-292145- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160829T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 222 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 220 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ARE MOVING OUT OF THE AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN, AND FLOODING WILL CONTINUE FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WHICH FELL EARLIER. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE BURN SCAR WILL RESULT IN DEBRIS FLOWS, ESPECIALLY THE NORTH DOUGLASS AND CAMP CREEK DRAINAGES. THE DEBRIS FLOW CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... WESTERN COLORADO SPRINGS...AIR FORCE ACADEMY...MANITOU SPRINGS... GREEN MOUNTAIN FALLS...CHIPITA PARK AND CASCADE. LAT...LON 3897 10485 3880 10487 3893 10502 3901 10496 $$ PGW
610 WGUS75 KPUB 292051 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 251 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 COC041-292100- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-160829T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 251 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WALDO CANYON BURN SCAR. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3897 10485 3880 10487 3893 10502 3901 10496 $$ PGW
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, 1:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 1:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| 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.