Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Watches in 2016
Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 1, 2016, 9:47 AM MDT for 11 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 1, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 2016, 9:47 AM MDT (15:47 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 1, 2016, 12:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2016, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 12 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Custer County, CO, El Paso County, CO, Fremont County, CO, Huerfano County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO, Prowers County, CO, Pueblo County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 197 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.
022 WGUS65 KPUB 011547 FFAPUB URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 947 AM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE ALONG WITH A STALLED WEATHER BOUNDARY OVER THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO OCCUR OVER THE AREA TODAY INTO THIS EVENING. COZ076>086-089-093-095>098-020000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.A.0002.160701T1800Z-160702T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE... HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB...PUEBLO... ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 947 AM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PUEBLO HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT...PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT...TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT AND WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...CROWLEY COUNTY...EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY... LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY...LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY...LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY...PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT...WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT AND WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT. * THROUGH THIS EVENING * THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HEAVY RAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE RAPID RISES IN STREAMS AND ARROYOS ACROSS THE REGION. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR FROM FREMONT COUNTY EAST TO THE KANSAS BORDER. THE ENTIRE PIKES PEAK REGION WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ HODANISH
3 follow-up statements
514 WGUS65 KPUB 012044 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 244 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE ALONG WITH A STALLED WEATHER BOUNDARY OVER THE REGION WILL ALLOW FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO OCCUR OVER THE AREA INTO THIS EVENING. COZ076>086-089-093-095>098-020600- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160702T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY- LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE... HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB...PUEBLO... ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS... SHERIDAN LAKE...LAS ANIMAS...LAMAR 244 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT...PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT...TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT AND WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT AND NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT. IN SOUTHEAST COLORADO...CROWLEY COUNTY...EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY... LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY...LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY...LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY...PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET...WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY...WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT...WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT AND WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT * THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINS WILL OCCUR OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. * HEAVY RAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE RAPID RISES IN STREAMS AND ARROYOS ACROSS THE REGION. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL BE ALONG THE HIGHWAY 50 CORRIDOR FROM FREMONT COUNTY EAST TO THE KANSAS BORDER. THE ENTIRE PIKES PEAK REGION WILL ALSO SEE HEAVY RAINS CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
734 WGUS65 KPUB 020156 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 756 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT... .ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALLOW FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS TO OCCUR OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. COZ076>086-089-093-095-097-020300- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160702T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500FT/PIKE'S PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FEET- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...COALDALE...COTOPAXI...HILLSIDE... HOWARD...SWISSVALE...TEXAS CREEK...SILVER CLIFF...WESTCLIFFE... RYE...WOODLAND PARK...PIKES PEAK...CANON CITY...PENROSE... BLACK FOREST...COLORADO SPRINGS...PETERSON AFB...PUEBLO... ORDWAY...OLNEY SPRINGS...LA JUNTA...ROCKY FORD...EADS... LAS ANIMAS 756 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS MOVED EAST OF THE PIKES PEAK REGION AND I-25 CORRIDOR FOR THIS EVENING. HOWEVER...THE THREAT CONTINUES FARTHER EAST ALONG THE KANSAS BORDER WHERE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT. $$ COZ096-098-020600- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160702T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR 756 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY AND LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT * THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING. * HEAVY RAINS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO CAUSE RAPID RISES IN STREAMS AND ARROYOS ACROSS THE REGION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
425 WGUS65 KPUB 020548 FFAPUB FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 1148 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...HEAVY RAIN MOVING EAST... .HEAVY RAIN IS MOVING EAST OF THE AREA. THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING IS WINDING DOWN FOR THE NIGHT. COZ096-098-020700- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.A.0002.000000T0000Z-160702T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...SHERIDAN LAKE...LAMAR 1148 PM MDT FRI JUL 1 2016 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTHEAST COLORADO WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD HEAVY RAINFALL HAS MOVED EAST OF THE AREA. ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS ARE STILL EXPECTED...FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER ANTICIPATED. $$
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, 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 |
Nearby
Flash Flood Watches in Colorado, 2016Every flash flood watch in 2016
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.