Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2018, 8:53 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
- Jul 25, 2018, 8:53 PM MDT (02:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2018, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Baca County, CO, Bent County, CO, Las Animas County, CO, Prowers County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:52 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 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 235 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
- 807 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -35 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1520 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted.
748
WGUS55 KPUB 260253
FFWPUB
COC009-011-071-099-260600-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0028.180726T0253Z-180726T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
853 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Prowers County in southeastern Colorado...
Northwestern Baca County in southeastern Colorado...
East central Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
Southern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until midnight MDT.
* At 853 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.
* Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Prowers...northwestern Baca...east central Las Animas and southern
Bent Counties.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to 2 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.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
&&
LAT...LON 3772 10247 3740 10314 3762 10343 3764 10343
3764 10341 3801 10340 3805 10320 3788 10297
3793 10246
$$
KT2 follow-up statements
292
WGUS75 KPUB 260332
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
932 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018
COC009-011-071-099-260600-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-180726T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Prowers CO-Baca CO-Las Animas CO-Bent CO-
932 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS...NORTHWESTERN BACA...EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
AND SOUTHERN BENT COUNTIES...
At 927 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Up to two and a half inches of rain
have already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to continue.
Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Prowers...northwestern Baca...east central Las Animas and southern
Bent Counties. This includes Rule Creek, Caddoa Creek, Mud Creek,
and Clay Creek and their tributaries, as well as the smaller creeks
and tributaries of the Purgatoire River in southeast Bent county.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to an inch are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3772 10247 3740 10314 3762 10343 3764 10343
3764 10341 3801 10340 3805 10320 3788 10297
3793 10246
$$
KT879
WGUS75 KPUB 260418
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1018 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018
COC009-011-071-099-260600-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-180726T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Prowers CO-Baca CO-Las Animas CO-Bent CO-
1018 PM MDT WED JUL 25 2018
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN PROWERS...NORTHWESTERN BACA...EAST CENTRAL LAS ANIMAS
AND SOUTHERN BENT COUNTIES...
At 1011 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already
fallen with the heaviest amounts centered around 18 miles south
southwest of Lamar. Flash flooding is expected to continue
Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of southwestern
Prowers...northwestern Baca...east central Las Animas and southern
Bent Counties. Cat Creek which drains into Clay Creek around 13
miles south of Lamar will be particularly dangerous. Other creeks
and their feeder streams impacted will be Rule Creek, Caddoa Creek,
Mud Creek and the tributaries to the Purgatoire River in southeast
Bent County.
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.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3772 10247 3740 10314 3762 10343 3764 10343
3764 10341 3801 10340 3805 10320 3788 10297
3793 10246
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 6:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 41 min |
| Jul 25, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 19 min |
| Jul 25, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 46 min |
| Jul 25, 7:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 7:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 8:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Bent, Otero | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 8:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 50 min |
| Jul 25, 8:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jul 25, 9:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 45 min |
| Jul 25, 9:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 44 min |
| Jul 25, 9:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Kiowa, Prowers | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 9:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 32 min |
| Jul 25, 9:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 39 min |
| Jul 26, 12:02 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Las Animas, Otero, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 8:54 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 11 hr |
| Jul 26, 1:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Fremont, Pueblo | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 2:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 39 min | |
| Jul 26, 2:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 38 min |
| Jul 26, 2:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 52 min |
| Jul 26, 2:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 3:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| Jul 26, 3:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Jul 26, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 3:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 46 min |
| Jul 26, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 40 min |
| Jul 26, 3:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 101 min |
| Jul 26, 4:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 43 min |
| Jul 26, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Teller | 17 min |
| Jul 26, 4:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 29 min |
| Jul 26, 4:25 PM MDT | River Flood Advisory | PUB | Prowers | 18 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 4:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | El Paso | 89 min |
| Jul 26, 4:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 30 min |
| Jul 26, 4:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 16 min |
| Jul 26, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 47 min |
| Jul 26, 5:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 23 min |
| Jul 26, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Fremont | 31 min |
| Jul 26, 5:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 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.