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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 2016, 9:38 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report 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, 9:38 PM MDT (03:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 2016, 12:45 AM 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), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:42 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, 10:51 PM MDT | HEAVY RAIN 1.83 | 4 Wsw Falcon, 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, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
815 WGUS55 KPUB 140338 FFWPUB COC041-140645- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0005.160614T0338Z-160614T0645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 938 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 1245 AM MDT * AT 937 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... COLORADO SPRINGS...FOUNTAIN...HANOVER...SECURITY...FALCON... FORT CARSON...CIMARRON HILLS...SCHRIEVER AFB... SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...STRATMOOR AND PETERSON AFB. 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. && LAT...LON 3904 10450 3863 10433 3854 10482 3887 10485 $$ KT
2 follow-up statements
140 WGUS75 KPUB 140411 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1011 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 COC041-140645- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160614T0645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1011 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... AT 1008 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING QUICKLY OUT OF THE AREA...HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED...PARTICULARLY OVER AREAS WHICH RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... SOUTHERN AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF COLORADO SPRINGS... FOUNTAIN...HANOVER...SECURITY...FALCON...FORT CARSON... CIMARRON HILLS...SCHRIEVER AFB...SECURITY-WIDEFIELD...STRATMOOR AND PETERSON AFB. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODING. && LAT...LON 3904 10450 3863 10433 3854 10482 3887 10485 $$ KT
372 WGUS75 KPUB 140512 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1112 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 COC041-140522- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160614T0645Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EL PASO CO- 1112 PM MDT MON JUN 13 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3904 10450 3863 10433 3854 10482 3887 10485 $$ KT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 13, 6:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| 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, 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 |
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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.