Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2018, 3:07 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 90 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 24, 2018, 3:07 PM MDT (21:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2018, 4:37 PM MDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 458 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 935 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
799 WGUS55 KPUB 242107 FFWPUB COC041-250000- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0021.180724T2107Z-180725T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pueblo CO 307 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2018 The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... North central El Paso County in east central Colorado... * Until 600 PM MDT. * At 305 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... Peyton and Black Forest. Additional rainfall amounts of 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. The thunderstorm with heavy rain has redeveloped over the same area resulting in the flash flood warning replacing the flood advisory. LAT...LON 3913 10433 3888 10443 3899 10480 3913 10482 $$ PGW
2 follow-up statements
820 WGUS75 KPUB 242139 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 339 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2018 COC041-250000- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180725T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ El Paso CO- 339 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY... At 336 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Peyton and Black Forest. The thunderstorm producing heavy rain has moved south of Black Forest, and radar has estimated 2.5 inches of precipitation near Black Forest. The area of heavy rain is south of Black Forest. LAT...LON 3913 10433 3888 10443 3899 10480 3913 10482 $$ PGW
656 WGUS75 KPUB 242237 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 437 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2018 COC041-242246- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180725T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ El Paso CO- 437 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to avoid any remain high water. Do not drive into areas where water covers the roadway. LAT...LON 3913 10433 3888 10443 3899 10480 3913 10482 $$ lw
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 23, 6:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 110 min |
| Jul 23, 6:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 114 min |
| Jul 23, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 6:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo | 45 min |
| Jul 23, 6:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Bent, Las Animas, Otero | 49 min |
| Jul 23, 7:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Las Animas, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Crowley, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 7:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 23 min |
| Jul 23, 8:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 8:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 8:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 9:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 47 min |
| Jul 23, 10:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Fremont, Pueblo | 104 min |
| Jul 23, 11:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 9:44 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 4 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Conejos | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 48 min |
| Jul 24, 2:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Jul 24, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 2:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 2:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 46 min |
| Jul 24, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 2:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | El Paso | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 45 min |
| Jul 24, 3:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano | 16 min |
| Jul 24, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 50 min |
| Jul 24, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 3:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Saguache | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 3:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 49 min |
| Jul 24, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 3:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 51 min |
| Jul 24, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Huerfano, Pueblo, Saguache | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Huerfano | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 4:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 37 min |
| Jul 24, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 22 min |
| Jul 24, 5:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Teller | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 5:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont | 105 min |
| Jul 24, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 41 min |
| Jul 24, 5:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 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.