Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2018
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2018, 12:37 PM MDT for Huerfano 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
- Jul 11, 2018, 12:37 PM MDT (18:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2018, 2:46 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 300 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
- 2872 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 72 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
549 WGUS55 KPUB 111837 FFWPUB COC055-112130- /O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0004.180711T1837Z-180711T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1237 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Central Huerfano County in southeastern Colorado... * Until 330 PM MDT. * At 1236 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... La Veta. LAT...LON 3760 10495 3747 10499 3755 10515 3761 10513 $$ KTS
5 follow-up statements
025 WGUS75 KPUB 111840 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 1240 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 COC055-112130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180711T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Huerfano CO- 1240 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY... At 1240 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin over the Spring Fire burn scar shortly. Some locations that will experience flooding include... La Veta. LAT...LON 3760 10495 3747 10499 3755 10515 3761 10513 $$ KTS
119 WGUS75 KPUB 111929 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 129 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 COC055-112130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180711T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Huerfano CO- 129 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY... At 127 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. 0.63 inches of rain have fallen at the Tres Valles IRAWS. Flash flooding is expected over the Spring Fire Burn Scar. Some locations that will experience flooding include... La Veta. LAT...LON 3760 10495 3747 10499 3755 10515 3761 10513 $$ KTS
239 WGUS75 KPUB 111952 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 152 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 COC055-112130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180711T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Huerfano CO- 152 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY... 0.63 inches of rain have fallen at the Tres Valles IRAWS. Flash flooding is expected over the Spring Fire Burn Scar. Thunderstorms have moved out of the Flash Flood Warning region, but flash flooding is still possible due to water moving down the mountain side. Some locations that will experience flooding include... La Veta. LAT...LON 3760 10495 3747 10499 3755 10515 3761 10513 $$ KTS
124 WGUS75 KPUB 112018 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 218 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 COC055-112130- /O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180711T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Huerfano CO- 218 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY... 0.63 inches of rain have fallen at the Tres Valles IRAWS. Flash flooding is expected over the Spring Fire Burn Scar. Thunderstorms have moved out of the Flash Flood Warning region, but flash flooding is still possible due to water moving down the mountain side. Some locations that will experience flooding include... La Veta. LAT...LON 3760 10495 3747 10499 3755 10515 3761 10513 $$ KTS
976 WGUS75 KPUB 112046 FFSPUB Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Pueblo CO 246 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 COC055-112055- /O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-180711T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Huerfano CO- 246 PM MDT WED JUL 11 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO COUNTY IS CANCELLED... The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3760 10495 3747 10499 3755 10515 3761 10513 $$ KTS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 4:03 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more | 40 hr |
| Jul 11, 11:18 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 1:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 2:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 30 min |
| Jul 11, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 4:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 41 min |
| Jul 11, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 23 min |
| Jul 11, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 36 min |
| Jul 11, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 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.