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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 9, 2019El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 9, 2019, 4:19 PM MDT for El Paso County, Pueblo County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 2019, 4:19 PM MDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2019, 6:20 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties El Paso County, CO, Pueblo County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 9, 4:40 PM MDTFLASH FLOOD7 Nnw Pinon, COHIGH WATER ACROSS ROADWAYS 6 TO 10 INCHES DEEP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 12:00Z on 2019-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2019-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-265 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2140 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

225 
WGUS55 KPUB 092219
FFWPUB
COC041-101-100115-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0049.190809T2219Z-190810T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
419 PM MDT Fri Aug 9 2019

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern El Paso County in east central Colorado...
  Northwestern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 418 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain across the 
  warned area. 3 to 5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is 
  expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  I25 in southern El Paso County and in northern Pueblo County, as 
  well as Pinon. 

LAT...LON 3858 10458 3840 10458 3840 10464 3846 10464
      3858 10468 3856 10462

$$

KTS
1 follow-up statement
172 
WGUS75 KPUB 100020 RRA
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
620 PM MDT Fri Aug 9 2019

COC041-101-100030-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-190810T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
El Paso CO-Pueblo CO-
620 PM MDT Fri Aug 9 2019

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN EL PASO AND NORTHWESTERN
PUEBLO COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The heavy rain has ended. Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any
remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3858 10458 3840 10458 3840 10464 3846 10464
      3858 10468 3856 10462

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 6:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBOtero52 min
Aug 8, 6:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo44 min
Aug 8, 7:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley43 min
Aug 8, 7:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo25 min
Aug 8, 7:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBCrowley, Pueblo7 min
Aug 8, 7:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBCrowley51 min
Aug 8, 10:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBElbert28 min
Aug 8, 10:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBent42 min
Aug 8, 10:27 PM MDTTornado WarningPUBBent18 min
Aug 8, 10:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers31 min
Aug 8, 10:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Aug 8, 10:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca, Bent, Prowers32 min
Aug 8, 11:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca32 min
Aug 8, 11:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca20 min
Aug 8, 11:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca34 min
Aug 9, 12:24 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca36 min
Aug 9, 12:29 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPUBBaca14 min
Aug 9, 12:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca46 min
Aug 9, 1:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBHuerfano26 min
Aug 9, 1:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso23 min
Aug 9, 2:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBLas Animas113 min
Aug 9, 2:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Aug 9, 2:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBLas Animas37 min
Aug 9, 2:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso25 min
Aug 9, 3:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBPueblo24 min
Aug 9, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso32 min
Aug 9, 3:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryPUBEl Paso115 min
Aug 9, 3:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBEl Paso3 hr
Aug 9, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBEl Paso29 min
Aug 9, 3:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningPUBCostilla, Huerfano3 hr
Aug 9, 5:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBBaca35 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.