Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 29, 2017, 6:39 PM MDT for Custer County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 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 29, 2017, 6:39 PM MDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 29, 2017, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Custer County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:45 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 9 Ssw Wetmore, CO | DEBRIS ALL ALONG HWY 165 FROM MAKINZE JUNCTION TO MILEPOST 6. HWY 165 UNPASSABLE. ROADS 386 AND 387 ARE WASHING OUT. |
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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 253 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
- 2202 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
866 WGUS55 KPUB 300039 FFWPUB COC027-101-300330- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0040.170730T0039Z-170730T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pueblo CO 639 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... East central Custer County in southeastern Colorado... West central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 930 PM MDT * At 636 PM MDT, flash flooding was reported in the Junkins burn scar. Flash flooding was reported 6 miles south of Mckenzie Junction along highway 165. Trees and rock were reported moving over the road. LAT...LON 3806 10513 3813 10530 3825 10503 3812 10494 $$ Hodanish
4 follow-up statements
746 WGUS75 KPUB 300048 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 648 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 COC027-101-300330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170730T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Custer CO-Pueblo CO- 648 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CUSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... At 646 PM MDT, Custer county emergency management officials reported flash flooding in the Junkins burn scar region. Flash flooding was reported 6 miles south on McKenzie Junction. Trees, rocks and mud were on the roadway. County roads 386 and 387 have been washed out. LAT...LON 3806 10513 3813 10530 3825 10503 3812 10494 $$ Hodanish
689 WGUS75 KPUB 300120 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 720 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 COC027-101-300330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170730T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Custer CO-Pueblo CO- 720 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CUSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... At 717 PM MDT, Custer county is evacuating Wetmore and Greenwood due to flooding heading towards those cities. Water is 3 to 4 feet over the highway 96 bridge over hardscrabble creek in the town of Wetmore. The bridge is expected to fail. LAT...LON 3806 10513 3813 10530 3825 10503 3812 10494 $$ Hodanish
870 WGUS75 KPUB 300145 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 745 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 COC027-101-300330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170730T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Custer CO-Pueblo CO- 745 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CUSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... At 738 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated light rain falling over the Junkins burn scar region. At this time additional heavy rain is not expected in the immediate future, but additional heavy rain later on this evening cannot be ruled out. Significant flash flooding is ongoing along Hardscrabble creek, and many roadways that run along this creek are impassable. This includes highway 96. Highway 165 is also impassable. LAT...LON 3806 10513 3813 10530 3825 10503 3812 10494 $$ Hodanish
542 WGUS75 KPUB 300224 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 824 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 COC027-101-300330- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-170730T0330Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Custer CO-Pueblo CO- 824 PM MDT SAT JUL 29 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL CUSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... At 814 PM MDT, reports of the Custer County emergency management indicated the water on Hardscrabble creek is receding. The water is 3 to 4 feet below the bridge in Wetmore. Significant amounts of debris are still flowing in hardscrabble creek and officials are concerned that culverts may get blocked and additional flooding could occur. Highway 96 is open. Many county roads are damaged and closed. Highway 165 was reported impassable from mile marker 1 through 6. LAT...LON 3806 10513 3813 10530 3825 10503 3812 10494 $$ Hodanish
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 119 min |
| Jul 29, 6:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 6:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 49 min |
| Jul 29, 7:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 7:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 115 min |
| Jul 30, 3:01 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Crowley and 12 more | 24 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 48 min |
| Jul 30, 3:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 116 min |
| Jul 30, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 4:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo, Teller | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 119 min |
| Jul 30, 4:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 25 min | |
| Jul 30, 5:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 116 min |
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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.