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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 23, 2019Teller County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2019, 6:07 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 113 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 23, 2019, 6:07 PM MDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 2019, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Teller County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 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 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2019-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 504 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2019-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3019 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

906 
WGUS55 KPUB 240007
FFWPUB
COC119-240200-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0033.190724T0007Z-190724T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
607 PM MDT Tue Jul 23 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northwestern Teller County in central Colorado...

* Until 800 PM MDT.

* At 606 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to 
  begin shortly. Radar estimated that 1 to 2 inches of rain has 
  fallen in the warned area between 500 pm and 6 pm.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Woodland Park, Florissant and Divide. 

LAT...LON 3904 10509 3882 10511 3881 10531 3908 10531

$$

Hodanish
3 follow-up statements
798 
WGUS75 KPUB 240030
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
630 PM MDT Tue Jul 23 2019

COC119-240200-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190724T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Teller CO-
630 PM MDT Tue Jul 23 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...

At 627 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated that the rain has ended in 
the warned area. However radar estimated that 1 to 2 inches of rain 
has fallen in northwestern Teller county, and high water is likely 
occurring in the region. 

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Woodland Park, Florissant and Divide. 

This includes the following streams and drainages...Dry Creek...Trout
Creek...Grape Creek...Mule Creek...Slater Creek...Hay Creek...West
Creek...Phantom Creek...Oil Creek...Barnard Creek...Twin Creek...Rule
Creek...Willow Creek and Fourmile Creek.

LAT...LON 3904 10509 3882 10511 3881 10531 3908 10531

$$

Hodanish
899 
WGUS75 KPUB 240110
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
710 PM MDT Tue Jul 23 2019

COC119-240200-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190724T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Teller CO-
710 PM MDT Tue Jul 23 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY...

At 707 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated additional areas of moderate 
to heavy rain were moving towards areas which received 1 to 2 inches 
of rain early this evening. This additional heavy rain may cause high 
water to continue across northwester Teller county. 

People driving on highway 24 between Florissant and Woodland Park 
should be alert to water on the roadway and possible rockslides. 

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Woodland Park, Florissant and Divide. 



LAT...LON 3904 10509 3882 10511 3881 10531 3908 10531

$$

Hodanish
041 
WGUS75 KPUB 240154
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
754 PM MDT Tue Jul 23 2019

COC119-240201-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-190724T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Teller CO-
754 PM MDT Tue Jul 23 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN TELLER COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 800 PM MDT...

Thunderstorm activity has ended and any high water will recede. 
Additional  flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please 
be alert for any water, or rocks on highway 24 or highway 67. 

LAT...LON 3904 10509 3882 10511 3881 10531 3908 10531

$$

Hodanish

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBConejos42 min
Jul 23, 7:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller26 min
Jul 24, 2:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCostilla, Huerfano4 hr
Jul 24, 2:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchPUBAlamosa, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer, Fremont, Huerfano and 3 more31 hr
Jul 24, 3:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBMineral, Rio Grande, Saguache116 min
Jul 24, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache28 min
Jul 24, 4:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache26 min
Jul 24, 4:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller24 min
Jul 24, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBSaguache27 min
Jul 24, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller24 min
Jul 24, 5:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBFremont, Teller115 min
Jul 24, 5:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBTeller29 min

Nearby

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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.