Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 10, 2017, 4:48 PM MDT for 4 counties in 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
- May 10, 2017, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC)
- Expired
- May 10, 2017, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bent County, CO, Crowley County, CO, Kiowa County, CO, Otero County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 1001 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
174
WGUS55 KPUB 102248
FFWPUB
COC011-025-061-089-110145-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0007.170510T2248Z-170511T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
448 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northeastern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
Southwestern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...
Eastern Crowley County in southeastern Colorado...
Northwestern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 745 PM MDT
* At 446 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has
already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Cheraw, Arlington and Blue Lake.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to 1.5 inches are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3848 10320 3807 10331 3800 10356 3809 10369
3844 10362
$$
KT2 follow-up statements
329
WGUS75 KPUB 102332
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
532 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017
COC011-025-061-089-110145-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170511T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Otero CO-Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-Bent CO-
532 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN KIOWA...EASTERN CROWLEY AND
NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES...
At 531 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already
fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Sugar City, Cheraw, Arlington and Blue Lake.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to an inch are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying
spots.
&&
LAT...LON 3848 10320 3807 10331 3801 10354 3809 10356
3816 10368 3844 10362
$$
KT488
WGUS75 KPUB 110136
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
736 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017
COC011-025-061-089-110145-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-170511T0145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Otero CO-Kiowa CO-Crowley CO-Bent CO-
736 PM MDT WED MAY 10 2017
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN OTERO...SOUTHWESTERN
KIOWA...EASTERN CROWLEY AND NORTHWESTERN BENT COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT
745 PM MDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. Stay
away from any creek banks as flows may still be high and bank edges
may be unstable.
LAT...LON 3848 10320 3807 10331 3801 10354 3809 10356
3816 10368 3844 10362
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 24 min |
| May 9, 6:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| May 9, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa | 19 min |
| May 9, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| May 9, 9:29 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 10 hr |
| May 10, 4:30 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | PUB | Alamosa, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 32 hr |
| May 10, 4:38 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano, Las Animas | 18 hr |
| May 10, 1:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 26 min |
| May 10, 1:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| May 10, 1:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 50 min |
| May 10, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 41 min |
| May 10, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Rio Grande | 47 min |
| May 10, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 37 min |
| May 10, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| May 10, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 40 min |
| May 10, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 51 min |
| May 10, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 50 min |
| May 10, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 41 min |
| May 10, 3:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Saguache | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 31 min |
| May 10, 3:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 60 min |
| May 10, 3:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 8 hr |
| May 10, 3:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 41 min |
| May 10, 3:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Saguache | 3 hr |
| May 10, 3:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 45 min |
| May 10, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 24 min |
| May 10, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Otero | 34 min |
| May 10, 3:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 9 hr |
| May 10, 4:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 3 hr |
| May 10, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 48 min |
| May 10, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 31 min |
| May 10, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 29 min |
| May 10, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 50 min |
| May 10, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Kiowa, Otero | 48 min |
| May 10, 5:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 31 min |
| May 10, 5:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 32 min |
| May 10, 5:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Crowley, Otero, 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.