Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 2016, 4:31 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 29, 2016, 4:31 PM MDT (22:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2016, 7:30 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), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:35 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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.
508
WGUS55 KPUB 292231
FFWPUB
COC041-300130-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0035.160829T2231Z-160830T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
431 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT
* AT 430 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...
PEYTON AND ELLICOTT.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BRACKETT CREEK...
BIG SPRINGS CREEK...EAST BRANCH BRACKETT CREEK...BIG SANDY CREEK AND
BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
&&
LAT...LON 3905 10437 3882 10434 3876 10435 3876 10440
3895 10452 3896 10456 3904 10456 3908 10446
3905 10443
$$
KT3 follow-up statements
580
WGUS75 KPUB 292317
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
517 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
COC041-300130-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160830T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
517 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 515 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ALTHOUGH RAINFALL HAS
DECREASED...PUEBLO DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEYTON AND ELLICOTT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BRACKETT
CREEK... BIG SPRINGS CREEK...EAST BRANCH BRACKETT CREEK...BIG SANDY
CREEK AND BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...RANCH LAND...AND OTHER LOW
LYING SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3905 10437 3882 10434 3876 10435 3876 10440
3895 10452 3896 10456 3904 10456 3908 10446
3905 10443
$$
KT116
WGUS75 KPUB 292358
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
558 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
COC041-300130-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160830T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
558 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
AT 556 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED HEAVY
RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. UP TO TWO INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO
CONTINUE...PARTICULARLY ALONG THE UPPER REACHES OF BLACK SQUIRREL
CREEK.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
PEYTON AND ELLICOTT.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...BRACKETT CREEK...
BIG SPRINGS CREEK...EAST BRANCH BRACKETT CREEK...BIG SANDY CREEK AND
BLACK SQUIRREL CREEK.
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...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING
SPOTS.
&&
LAT...LON 3905 10437 3882 10434 3876 10435 3876 10440
3895 10452 3896 10456 3904 10456 3908 10446
3905 10443
$$
KT628
WGUS75 KPUB 300124
FFSPUB
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO
724 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
COC041-300131-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-160830T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
EL PASO CO-
724 PM MDT MON AUG 29 2016
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED WITH ONLY PERIODS OF LIGHT SHOWERS EXPECTED
FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE EVENING. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO
POSE A THREAT...HOWEVER WATER WILL CONTINUE TO FLOW IN BLACK
SQUIRREL CREEK. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES.
LAT...LON 3905 10437 3882 10434 3876 10435 3876 10440
3895 10452 3896 10456 3904 10456 3908 10446
3905 10443
$$
EPThe 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, 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, 4:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
Nearby
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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.