Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 7, 2018, 12:25 AM MDT for Pueblo 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 7, 2018, 12:25 AM MDT (06:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2018, 2:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:28 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 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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
- 1181 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted.
045 WGUS55 KPUB 070625 FFWPUB COC101-070830- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0038.180807T0625Z-180807T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1225 AM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018 The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... North central Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 230 AM MDT. * At 1223 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across southern Pueblo and areas to the east of Pinon. One to two inches of rain has fallen. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Pueblo, Avondale, Salt Creek, Blende, Pueblo Depot and Pueblo West. LAT...LON 3848 10442 3810 10431 3814 10467 3844 10467 $$ Hodanish
2 follow-up statements
341 WGUS75 KPUB 070742 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 142 AM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018 COC101-070830- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-180807T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Pueblo CO- 142 AM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 230 AM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY... At 139 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rain and localized flash flooding across the warned area. Some locations that have the potential of experiencing flooding include... eastern Pueblo, Avondale and Blende. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. A Flash Flood Warning means that flooding is imminent or occurring. If you are in the warned area move to higher ground immediately. Residents living along streams and creeks should take immediate precautions to protect life and property. && LAT...LON 3848 10442 3810 10431 3814 10467 3844 10467 $$
930 WGUS75 KPUB 070829 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 229 AM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018 COC101-070836- /O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-180807T0830Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Pueblo CO- 229 AM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL PUEBLO COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM MDT... The heavy rain is ending. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3848 10442 3810 10431 3814 10467 3844 10467 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Pueblo | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 27 min |
| Aug 6, 7:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 7:17 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 7:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Crowley, Otero | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 7:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 7:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 8:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 8:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 38 min |
| Aug 6, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 43 min | |
| Aug 6, 8:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 9:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 10:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 15 min |
| Aug 6, 10:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Custer, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 11:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | 52 min | |
| Aug 6, 11:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 11:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 41 min |
| Aug 7, 12:07 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Aug 7, 12:27 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 22 min |
| Aug 7, 1:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 84 min |
| Aug 7, 1:46 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 74 min |
| Aug 7, 2:18 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 3:44 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, El Paso, Fremont and 5 more | 20 hr |
| Aug 7, 2:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 50 min |
| Aug 7, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 2:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Aug 7, 2:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 48 min |
| Aug 7, 3:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 3:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Las Animas | 15 min |
| Aug 7, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 32 min |
| Aug 7, 3:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Huerfano, Pueblo | 26 min |
| Aug 7, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 45 min |
| Aug 7, 4:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 28 min |
| Aug 7, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 47 min |
| Aug 7, 5:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Las Animas | 112 min |
| Aug 7, 5:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer | 44 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.