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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2016, 8:09 PM MDT for Baca County, Prowers County, Colorado. It was in force for 111 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 2016, 8:09 PM MDT (02:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2016, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 111 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baca County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:09 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
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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
- 1093 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1956 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.3
The text
As transmitted.
747 WGUS55 KPUB 010209 FFWPUB COC009-099-010400- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0007.160701T0209Z-160701T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 809 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 1000 PM MDT * AT 806 PM MDT...TRAINED WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO FOURS INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TWO BUTTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3753 10242 3792 10241 3792 10205 3752 10204 $$ SR
2 follow-up statements
582 WGUS75 KPUB 010233 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 833 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016 COC009-099-010400- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160701T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-BACA CO- 833 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES... AT 831 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. ONE TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... TWO BUTTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODING EVEN IN LOCATIONS NOT RECEIVING RAIN. ARROYOS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES...EVEN FROM DISTANT RAINFALL. MOVE AWAY FROM RECENTLY BURNED AREAS. LIFE-THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND THESE AREAS. && LAT...LON 3753 10242 3792 10241 3792 10205 3752 10204 $$ SR
150 WGUS75 KPUB 010335 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 935 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016 COC009-099-010345- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-160701T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ PROWERS CO-BACA CO- 935 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN PROWERS AND NORTHEASTERN BACA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY REMAINING ROAD CLOSURES. LAT...LON 3753 10242 3792 10241 3792 10205 3752 10204 $$ SR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 115 min |
| Jul 1, 9:47 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 5 more | 14 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| Jul 1, 2:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 3:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 115 min |
| Jul 1, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 38 min |
| Jul 1, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero, Pueblo | 12 min |
| Jul 1, 4:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 4:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 41 min |
| Jul 1, 4:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 46 min |
| Jul 1, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Jul 1, 5:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 31 min |
| Jul 1, 5:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent | 54 min |
| Jul 1, 5:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Bent | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 5:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 34 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.