Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2019
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2019, 2:23 PM MDT for Costilla County, Huerfano County, 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 2, 2019, 2:23 PM MDT (20:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 2019, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Costilla County, CO, Huerfano County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 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 (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 298 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
- 76 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -279 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1355 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
297
WGUS55 KPUB 022023
FFWPUB
COC023-055-022315-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0013.190702T2023Z-190702T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
223 PM MDT Tue Jul 2 2019
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Huerfano County in southeastern Colorado...
Northeastern Costilla County in south central Colorado...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 222 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...
Spring Burn Scar north of Highway 160.
Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow
moving through the upper portions of the North Abeyta Creek
drainage. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and
other loose materials.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of
creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains
will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep
terrain, especially in and around these areas.
&&
LAT...LON 3765 10501 3755 10501 3756 10513 3763 10520
3767 10515
$$
MOORE2 follow-up statements
025
WGUS75 KPUB 022044
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
244 PM MDT Tue Jul 2 2019
COC023-055-022315-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190702T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Huerfano CO-Costilla CO-
244 PM MDT Tue Jul 2 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL HUERFANO AND NORTHEASTERN COSTILLA COUNTIES...
At 242 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has already
fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.
Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will result in debris flow
moving through the upper portions of the North Abeyta Creek
drainage. The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and
other loose materials.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Spring Burn Scar north of Highway 160.
Additional rainfall amounts of up to an inch are possible in the
warned area.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Remain alert for flooding even in locations not receiving rain.
Arroyos, streams, and rivers can become raging killer currents in a
matter of minutes, even from distant rainfall.
Move away from recently burned areas. Life-threatening flooding of
creeks, roads and normally dry arroyos is likely. The heavy rains
will likely trigger rockslides, mudslides and debris flows in steep
terrain, especially in and around these areas.
Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3765 10501 3755 10501 3756 10513 3763 10520
3767 10515
$$
MOORE044
WGUS75 KPUB 022305
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
505 PM MDT Tue Jul 2 2019
COC023-055-022315-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-190702T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Huerfano CO-Costilla CO-
505 PM MDT Tue Jul 2 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL HUERFANO AND NORTHEASTERN
COSTILLA COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3765 10501 3755 10501 3756 10513 3763 10520
3767 10515
$$
MOOREThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 63 min |
| Jul 1, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| Jul 1, 6:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Kiowa | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 6:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 33 min |
| Jul 1, 6:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 35 min |
| Jul 1, 7:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | PUB | Baca, Prowers | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 27 min |
| Jul 1, 7:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 52 min |
| Jul 1, 10:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Kiowa | 68 min |
| Jul 2, 10:19 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 21 days |
| Jul 2, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 2:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 2:39 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla, Huerfano | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 2:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 3:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 3:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 45 min |
| Jul 2, 3:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Custer | 106 min |
| Jul 2, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 46 min |
| Jul 2, 3:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 28 min |
| Jul 2, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 25 min |
| Jul 2, 5:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 24 min |
| Jul 2, 5:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| Jul 2, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| Jul 2, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 36 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.