Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 51, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 31, 2017, 3:59 PM MDT for Huerfano County, Las Animas County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 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 31, 2017, 3:59 PM MDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 31, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Huerfano County, CO, Las Animas County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 304 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
- 2491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
195 WGUS55 KPUB 312159 FFWPUB COC055-071-010000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0051.170831T2159Z-170901T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pueblo CO 359 PM MDT THU AUG 31 2017 The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... South central Huerfano County in southeastern Colorado... Western Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 600 PM MDT * At 358 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... East Peak Burn Scar and surrounding locations. 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 be capable of triggering rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep terrain, especially in and around these areas. 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 3755 10480 3737 10477 3735 10505 3748 10502 $$
1 follow-up statement
687 WGUS75 KPUB 312256 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 456 PM MDT THU AUG 31 2017 COC055-071-312306- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0051.000000T0000Z-170901T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Huerfano CO-Las Animas CO- 456 PM MDT THU AUG 31 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL HUERFANO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3755 10480 3737 10477 3735 10505 3748 10502 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 91 min |
| Aug 31, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 55 min |
| Aug 31, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 88 min |
| Aug 31, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 27 min |
| Aug 31, 5:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 23 min |
| Aug 31, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 46 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.