Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2020
Flash Flood Warning 59, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2020, 7:49 PM MDT for El Paso County, Teller 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
- Aug 5, 2020, 7:49 PM MDT (01:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2020, 10:06 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- Flood severity
- None
Counties El Paso County, CO, Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:53 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 183 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
- 605 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 65 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted.
659
WGUS55 KPUB 060149
FFWPUB
COC041-119-060445-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0059.200806T0149Z-200806T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
749 PM MDT Wed Aug 5 2020
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
East central Teller County in central Colorado...
West central El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 1045 PM MDT.
* At 746 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain just west of Manitou Springs. The rain is moving east
at 10 mph. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing
flash flooding.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Western Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, Chipita Park and
Cascade.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Fountain Creek, Ruxton Creek, and French Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3889 10485 3885 10485 3880 10479 3882 10506
3892 10503 3892 10498 3889 10494
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
EXPECTED RAINFALL...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
KT2 follow-up statements
248
WGUS75 KPUB 060236
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
836 PM MDT Wed Aug 5 2020
COC041-119-060445-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-200806T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Teller CO-El Paso CO-
836 PM MDT Wed Aug 5 2020
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTIES...
At 829 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain diminishing across the warned area. Pueblo doppler radar
estimated up to one inch of additional rain has already fallen on
saturated soils in an area from Cascade to Pikes Peak. This same
area received up to 2.5 inches of rain from thunderstorms earlier
today. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Heavy rain producing flash
flooding.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.
Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Western Colorado Springs, Manitou Springs, Chipita Park and Cascade.
This includes the following streams and drainages... North and South
Forks of French Creek, French Creek, Ruxton Creek and Fountain Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
&&
LAT...LON 3889 10485 3885 10485 3880 10479 3882 10506
3892 10503 3892 10498 3889 10494
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
$$
KT119
WGUS75 KPUB 060406
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1006 PM MDT Wed Aug 5 2020
COC041-119-060416-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0059.000000T0000Z-200806T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Teller CO-El Paso CO-
1006 PM MDT Wed Aug 5 2020
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL TELLER AND WEST CENTRAL
EL PASO 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 3889 10485 3885 10485 3880 10479 3882 10506
3892 10503 3892 10498 3889 10494
$$
KTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 45 min |
| Aug 5, 6:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 47 min |
| Aug 5, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 7:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso, Teller | 32 min |
| Aug 5, 7:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 25 min |
| Aug 5, 7:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 18 min |
| Aug 5, 7:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 8:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 1:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 1:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 3:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 4:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 4:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 4:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 49 min |
| Aug 6, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 48 min |
| Aug 6, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Elbert | 28 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.