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Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Pueblo, CO

May 9, 2017Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 9, 2017, 12:44 PM MDT for Crowley County, Otero County, Pueblo 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: May 9, 2017, 12:44 PM MDT (18:44 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2017, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Crowley County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:49 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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 205 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 780 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

637 
WGUS55 KPUB 091844
FFWPUB
COC025-089-101-092145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0001.170509T1844Z-170509T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1244 PM MDT TUE MAY 9 2017

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
  Western Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
  East central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 345 PM MDT

* At 1242 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated developing thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is 
  expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Fowler, Manzanola, Olney Springs and Crowley. 

Rainfall amounts around one inch are possible in the warned area.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3788 10416 3852 10403 3852 10374 3784 10393

$$

2 follow-up statements

662 
WGUS75 KPUB 091954
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
154 PM MDT TUE MAY 9 2017

COC025-089-101-092145-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170509T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Otero CO-Crowley CO-Pueblo CO-
154 PM MDT TUE MAY 9 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN OTERO...WESTERN CROWLEY AND EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO
COUNTIES...

At 152 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated showers and thunderstorms 
producing moderate rain across portions of the warned area.  In 
addition, another round of showers and thunderstorms are approaching 
the warned area from the south.   

Some locations that have the potential of experiencing flooding include...
Fowler, Manzanola, Olney Springs and Crowley. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring.
If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately.
Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate
precautions to protect life and property.

&&

LAT...LON 3788 10416 3852 10403 3852 10374 3784 10393

$$

171 
WGUS75 KPUB 092145
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
345 PM MDT TUE MAY 9 2017

COC025-089-101-092154-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-170509T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Otero CO-Crowley CO-Pueblo CO-
345 PM MDT TUE MAY 9 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN OTERO...WESTERN CROWLEY
AND EAST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3788 10416 3852 10403 3852 10374 3784 10393

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	26 min
May 8, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Pueblo	34 min
May 8, 6:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Crowley, Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo	3 hr
May 8, 6:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas, Pueblo	24 min
May 8, 6:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	El Paso	77 min
May 8, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	26 min
May 8, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	29 min
May 8, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	32 min
May 8, 7:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	28 min
May 8, 7:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	29 min
May 8, 7:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Otero	33 min
May 8, 8:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	24 min
May 8, 8:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	23 min
May 8, 8:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Baca	34 min
May 9, 5:08 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	PUB	Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more	17 hr
May 9, 12:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	Huerfano	46 hr
May 9, 12:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Rio Grande	43 min
May 9, 12:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	54 min
May 9, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	60 min
May 9, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		43 min
May 9, 2:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Otero	35 min
May 9, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Custer	85 min
May 9, 3:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	PUB	Custer, Pueblo	3 hr
May 9, 3:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Las Animas, Otero	54 min
May 9, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Crowley, Kiowa	47 min
May 9, 3:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	Conejos	24 hr
May 9, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent, Crowley, Otero	72 min
May 9, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Kiowa, Otero	48 min
May 9, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Las Animas	23 min
May 9, 4:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	PUB	Conejos	27 hr
May 9, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	27 min
May 9, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	27 min
May 9, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	23 min
May 9, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	35 min
May 9, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	30 min
May 9, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	28 min
May 9, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	35 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.