Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2016, 6:12 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 3 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
- Jun 13, 2016, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 13, 2016, 9:15 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), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:25 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Nw Peterson Afb, CO | 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD. OBSERVER HAD OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN. |
| Jun 13, 6:25 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Wnw Peterson Afb, CO | 6 TO 8 INCHES OF WATER FLOWING ACROSS THE ROAD. OBSERVER HAD OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN. |
| Jun 13, 7:20 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 2.1 | 2 Nw Peterson Afb, 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, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -179 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1689 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 70 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted.
607 WGUS55 KPUB 140012 FFWPUB COC041-140315- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0004.160614T0012Z-160614T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 612 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 915 PM MDT * AT 610 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS OCCURRING. WATER RESCUES WERE OCCURRING NEAR DELAWARE DRIVE AND PIKES PEAK AVENUE IN COLORADO SPRINGS * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...MANITOU SPRINGS...SECURITY... PEYTON...BLACK FOREST...FALCON...FORT CARSON...CIMARRON HILLS... STRATMOOR...PETERSON AFB AND SECURITY-WIDEFIELD. * RAIN GAGES HAVE REPORTED OVER 1.46 INCHES OF RAIN IN THE LAST HOUR ALONG SOUTH ACADEMY BOULEVARD. LAT...LON 3908 10429 3860 10491 3879 10493 3910 10474 $$ HODANISH
4 follow-up statements
349 WGUS75 KPUB 140024 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 624 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 COC041-140315- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160614T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 624 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 620 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR IS INDICATING MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVING TOWARDS AREAS WHICH HAVE RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. THE FLOODING IS OCCURRING ROUGHLY ALONG THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR FROM PEYTON SOUTHWEST TO COLORADO SPRINGS TO CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN. NUMEROUS HIGH WATER RESCUES ARE BEING REPORTED TO THE COLORADO SPRINGS EMERGENCY AUTHORITIES. NUMEROUS PHOTOS OF FLOODING IN THE COLORADO SPRINGS REGION ARE BEING SHOWN ON TWITTER. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... AREAS IN AND ALONG THE HIGHWAY 24 CORRIDOR FROM PEYTON TO COLORADO SPRINGS. DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY! LAT...LON 3908 10429 3860 10491 3879 10493 3910 10474 $$ HODANISH
317 WGUS75 KPUB 140044 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 644 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 COC041-140315- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160614T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 644 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... BETWEEN 540 PM AND 640 PM..DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 1/2" TO 1.0" INCHES OF ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE ACADEMY AND POWERS BOULEVARD CORRIDORS IN THE VICINITY OF HIGHWAY 24. THE STORM THAT PRODUCED THIS RAINFALL IS MOVING NORTHEAST ALONG HIGHWAY 24 AND IS WEAKENING. AT 640 PM...NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS BEING OBSERVED OVER THE CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN REGION...AND THE HEAVY RAIN THREAT IS LIKELY COMING TO AN END FOR THE COLORADO SPRINGS AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL OCCURING IN THE REGION. PLEASE DO NOT DRIVE WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3908 10429 3860 10491 3879 10493 3910 10474 $$ HODANISH
546 WGUS75 KPUB 140129 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 729 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 COC041-140315- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160614T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 729 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 721 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAIN HAD FALLEN OVER THE AREA WITH AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES MEASURED BY GAGES IN PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY DECREASE OVER EL PASO COUNTY...HOWEVER LOW LYING AREAS AND STREAMS WILL CONTINUE TO EXPERIENCE HIGH WATER UNTIL THE WATER HAS A CHANCE TO RECEDE. SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED SAND CREEK RUNNING FULL AND FAST. LITTLE TO NO ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3908 10429 3860 10491 3879 10493 3910 10474 $$ KT
704 WGUS75 KPUB 140307 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 907 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 COC041-140317- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160614T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 907 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM MDT... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3908 10429 3860 10491 3879 10493 3910 10474 $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 8:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 46 min |
| Jun 13, 9:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 23 min |
| Jun 13, 9:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 33 min |
| Jun 13, 9:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jun 13, 10:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Jun 13, 10:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 44 min |
| Jun 13, 11:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 47 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.