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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Pueblo, CO

July 2, 2020Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2020, 3:54 PM MDT for Kiowa 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, 2020, 3:54 PM MDT (21:54 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2020, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 172 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2842 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

810 
WGUS55 KPUB 022154
FFWPUB
COC061-030100-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0018.200702T2154Z-200703T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
354 PM MDT Thu Jul 2 2020

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 353 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Two to three inches of rain 
  have already fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to 
  begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, 
           highways, streets and underpasses as well as other 
           drainage and low lying areas.

* Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
  Kiowa County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3854 10208 3854 10224 3862 10224 3862 10212
      3861 10208

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

mw

1 follow-up statement

297 
WGUS75 KPUB 022256
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
456 PM MDT Thu Jul 2 2020

COC061-030100-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-200703T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kiowa CO-
456 PM MDT Thu Jul 2 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 456 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Up to three inches of rain have already
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas, 
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other drainage 
         and low lying areas.

Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
Kiowa County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Please report flooding to your local law enforcement agency when you
can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3854 10208 3854 10224 3862 10224 3862 10212
      3861 10208

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

KTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 12:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB		29 min
Jul 2, 12:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Las Animas	33 min
Jul 2, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Bent	33 min
Jul 2, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	28 min
Jul 2, 2:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Bent, Prowers	23 min
Jul 2, 2:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	30 min
Jul 2, 3:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	27 min
Jul 2, 3:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Prowers	16 min
Jul 2, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Prowers	21 min
Jul 2, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	44 min
Jul 2, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	27 min
Jul 2, 5:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Otero	27 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.