Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2016
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2016, 5:10 PM MDT for Bent 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
- Jul 1, 2016, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2016, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 206 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
- 23 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
391 WGUS55 KPUB 012310 FFWPUB COC011-020215- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0009.160701T2310Z-160702T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 510 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... BENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO... * UNTIL 815 PM MDT * AT 509 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... LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...HASTY... BLUE LAKE AND FORT LYON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. 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 3826 10289 3765 10308 3765 10340 3826 10339 $$ LW
2 follow-up statements
083 WGUS75 KPUB 012358 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 558 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 COC011-020215- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160702T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENT CO- 558 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM MDT FOR BENT COUNTY... AT 554 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS CONTINUES. UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN BASED ON DOPPLER PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE. SOME LOCATIONS THAT MAY EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... LAS ANIMAS...JOHN MARTIN RESERVOIR...HASTY... BLUE LAKE AND FORT LYON. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE OVER EXTREME EASTERN PARTS OF THE WARNED AREA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TURN AROUND...DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...FARMLAND...AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. && LAT...LON 3826 10289 3765 10308 3765 10340 3826 10339 $$ LW
341 WGUS75 KPUB 020038 FFSPUB FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 638 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 COC011-020044- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160702T0215Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BENT CO- 638 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR BENT COUNTY IS CANCELLED... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED EAST OF THE WARNED AREA. FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A THREAT. PLEASE CONTINUE TO BE CAUTIOUS AND DO NOT TRAVEL THROUGH SPOTS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. LAT...LON 3826 10289 3765 10308 3765 10340 3826 10339 $$ LW
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 |
| Jun 30, 8:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 111 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, 5:13 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 |
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.