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Flash Flood Warning 43, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2017, 3:31 PM MDT for Custer 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
- Aug 2, 2017, 3:31 PM MDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2017, 6:30 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), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -450 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2910 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
069 WGUS55 KPUB 022131 FFWPUB COC027-101-030030- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0043.170802T2131Z-170803T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pueblo CO 331 PM MDT WED AUG 2 2017 The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Custer County in southeastern Colorado... West central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 630 PM MDT * At 329 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across eastern portions of the Junkins Burn Scar. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly if it has not already. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Beulah and Wetmore. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the Junkins Burn Scar. This includes South Hardscrabble and Hardscrabble Creeks. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas. && LAT...LON 3825 10495 3806 10492 3806 10508 3825 10514 $$ kam
4 follow-up statements
221 WGUS75 KPUB 022138 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 338 PM MDT WED AUG 2 2017 COC027-101-030030- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-170803T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Custer CO-Pueblo CO- 338 PM MDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... At 336 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the Junkins Burn Scar. Radar indicates over one inch of rain has fallen on eastern portions of the burn scar. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly if it has not already. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the South Hardscrabble Creek...Hardscrabble Creek and North Creek. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Beulah and Wetmore. This includes the following streams and drainages...Rush Creek... Muldoon Creek...South Red Creek...Yellow Creek...Squirrel Creek... Galbeth Creek...Lefthand Fork North Creek...South Hardscrabble Creek...Ditch Creek...North Saint Charles River...Middle Hardscrabble Creek...Mineral Creek...Hardscrabble Creek...Peck Creek...South Creek...North Hardscrabble Creek...Adobe Creek...Middle Red Creek and Fourmile Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas. && LAT...LON 3825 10495 3806 10492 3806 10508 3825 10514 $$ kam
095 WGUS75 KPUB 022214 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 414 PM MDT WED AUG 2 2017 COC027-101-030030- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-170803T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Custer CO-Pueblo CO- 414 PM MDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... At 412 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated rain has ended across . the Junkins Burn Scar. Flash flooding may be ongoing across the burn scar due to earlier heavy rainfall. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow moving through the South Hardscrabble...Hardscrabble and North Creek drainages. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Beulah and Wetmore. This includes the following streams and drainages...Rush Creek... Muldoon Creek...South Red Creek...Yellow Creek...Squirrel Creek... Galbeth Creek...Lefthand Fork North Creek...South Hardscrabble Creek...Ditch Creek...North Saint Charles River...Middle Hardscrabble Creek...Mineral Creek...Hardscrabble Creek...Peck Creek...South Creek...North Hardscrabble Creek...Adobe Creek...Middle Red Creek and Fourmile Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas. && LAT...LON 3825 10495 3806 10492 3806 10508 3825 10514 $$ kam
683 WGUS75 KPUB 022308 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 508 PM MDT WED AUG 2 2017 COC027-101-030030- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-170803T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Custer CO-Pueblo CO- 508 PM MDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES... At 506 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated rain and thunderstorms have ended over the Junkins Burn Scar. Flooding may be ongoing for earlier rainfall. It may take up to an hour or two for water to flow into the lower reaches of the Burn Scar. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar may have resulted in debris flow moving through the drainages of the eastern side of the Junkins Burn Scar, including South Hardscrabble...Hardscrabble and North Creeks. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Beulah and Wetmore. This includes the following streams and drainages...Rush Creek... Muldoon Creek...South Red Creek...Yellow Creek...Squirrel Creek... Galbeth Creek...Lefthand Fork North Creek...South Hardscrabble Creek...Ditch Creek...North Saint Charles River...Middle Hardscrabble Creek...Mineral Creek...Hardscrabble Creek...Peck Creek...South Creek...North Hardscrabble Creek...Adobe Creek...Middle Red Creek and Fourmile Creek. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas. && LAT...LON 3825 10495 3806 10492 3806 10508 3825 10514 $$ kam
910 WGUS75 KPUB 022349 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 549 PM MDT WED AUG 2 2017 COC027-101-022358- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0043.000000T0000Z-170803T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Custer CO-Pueblo CO- 549 PM MDT WED AUG 2 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN CUSTER AND WEST CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3825 10495 3806 10492 3806 10508 3825 10514 $$ kam
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 47 min |
| Aug 2, 2:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 2:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Saguache | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Saguache | 39 min |
| Aug 2, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 40 min |
| Aug 2, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.