Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2017, 10:00 PM MDT for Bent County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2017, 10:00 PM MDT (04:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2017, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 10:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Las Animas, CO | UP TO 2 FEET OF WATER REPORTED ON ROADS IN LAS ANIMAS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 198 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
- 2171 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
844 WGUS55 KPUB 290400 FFWPUB COC011-290600- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0037.170729T0400Z-170729T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1000 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017 The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northern Bent County in southeastern Colorado... * Until midnight MDT * At 958 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain along the highway 50 corridor in Bent county. Flash flooding was reported in Las Animas. 1.6 inches of rain has fallend in 25 minutes. Roads are reported to be impassable. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Las Animas, Hasty, McClave, John Martin Reservoir, Fort Lyon and Caddoa. LAT...LON 3820 10276 3794 10275 3800 10332 3818 10330 $$ Hodanish
4 follow-up statements
490 WGUS75 KPUB 290429 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1029 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017 COC011-290600- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-170729T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Bent CO- 1029 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR NORTHERN BENT COUNTY... At 1026 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across eastern Bent county. Radar estimated between 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain has fallen across northern Bent county between 925 pm and 1025 pm. The heavy rain has ended across western Bent county. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Las Animas, Hasty, McClave, John Martin Reservoir, Fort Lyon and Caddoa. LAT...LON 3820 10276 3794 10275 3800 10332 3818 10330 $$ Hodanish
447 WGUS75 KPUB 290501 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1101 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017 COC011-290600- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-170729T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Bent CO- 1101 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR NORTHERN BENT COUNTY... At 1058 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated nearly all of the heaviest rain has moved out of the warned area. Flash flooding and high water is still likely occurring along the highway 50 corridor from Las Animas to the Prowers county line. If you are driving on Highway 50 tonight, use extreme caution. Do not drive in areas that are flooded. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Las Animas, Hasty, McClave, John Martin Reservoir, Fort Lyon and Caddoa. LAT...LON 3820 10276 3794 10275 3800 10332 3818 10330 $$ Hodanish
038 WGUS75 KPUB 290538 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1138 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017 COC011-290600- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-170729T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Bent CO- 1138 PM MDT FRI JUL 28 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR NORTHERN BENT COUNTY... At 1134 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated scattered showers were still occurring along the highway 50 corridor in northern Bent County. Reports from the Las Animas sheriff indicate US-50 is open through Las Animas. However, several side roads are still flooded in the town of Las Animas. It is also likely that many county roadways in Bent county are still flooded. LAT...LON 3820 10276 3794 10275 3800 10332 3818 10330 $$ Hodanish
555 WGUS75 KPUB 290602 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1202 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 COC011-290608- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-170729T0600Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Bent CO- 1202 AM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN BENT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT... The heavy rain has ended. Additional flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3820 10276 3794 10275 3800 10332 3818 10330 $$ Hodanish
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 28, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 7:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 26 min |
| Jul 28, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Jul 28, 9:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Kiowa | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Otero, Prowers | 45 min |
| Jul 28, 10:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Prowers | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 10:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 10:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 10:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 43 min |
| Jul 28, 11:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 11:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 60 min |
| Jul 29, 12:33 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 87 min |
| Jul 29, 4:04 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 12 more | 23 hr |
| Jul 29, 12:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 1:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| Jul 29, 3:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 43 min |
| Jul 29, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 40 min |
| Jul 29, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 50 min | |
| Jul 29, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 76 min |
| Jul 29, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 25 min |
| Jul 29, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| Jul 29, 5:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.