Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2017, 3:33 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 117 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
- Jul 14, 2017, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2017, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 165 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2064 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 3 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
325 WGUS55 KPUB 142133 FFWPUB COC041-142330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0017.170714T2133Z-170714T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pueblo CO 333 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 2017 The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central El Paso County in east central Colorado... * Until 530 PM MDT * At 332 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. Radar has indicated between 1 and 2 inches of rain has fallen in the last 45 minutes. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Eastern Colorado Springs, Peterson AFB and Cimarron Hills. LAT...LON 3891 10457 3880 10455 3880 10475 3889 10475 $$ Hodanish
3 follow-up statements
810 WGUS75 KPUB 142156 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 356 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 2017 COC041-142330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170714T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ El Paso CO- 356 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... At 354 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. Radar estimated 2 to 3 inches of rain has fallen in areas north and northeast of the Colorado Springs airport. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Eastern Colorado Springs, Peterson AFB and Cimarron Hills. LAT...LON 3891 10457 3880 10455 3880 10475 3889 10475 $$ Hodanish
388 WGUS75 KPUB 142231 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 431 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 2017 COC041-142330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170714T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ El Paso CO- 431 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... At 428 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated the heaviest rain has decreased in the warning area. However, high water and flash flooding may still be occurring in and around the Colorado Spring airport region. If you encounter flooded roadways, turn around. LAT...LON 3891 10457 3880 10455 3880 10475 3889 10475 $$ Hodanish
574 WGUS75 KPUB 142249 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 449 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 2017 COC041-142259- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0017.000000T0000Z-170714T2330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ El Paso CO- 449 PM MDT FRI JUL 14 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3891 10457 3880 10455 3880 10475 3889 10475 $$ Hodanish
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 7:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 35 min |
| Jul 14, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 21 min |
| Jul 14, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 22 min |
| Jul 14, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 4:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Chaffee, Fremont | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 111 min |
| Jul 14, 4:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Fremont | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 5:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Jul 14, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 39 min |
| Jul 14, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, Huerfano, Saguache | 30 min |
| Jul 14, 5:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
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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.