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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Pueblo, CO

August 25, 2020Custer County, Fremont County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 2020, 5:53 PM MDT for Custer County, Fremont 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
Aug 25, 2020, 5:53 PM MDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 2020, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Pueblo, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Custer County, CO, Fremont County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 250 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 2020-08-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 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 2020-08-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-348 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3147 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

085 
WGUS55 KPUB 252353
FFWPUB
COC027-043-260300-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0064.200825T2353Z-200826T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
553 PM MDT Tue Aug 25 2020

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Fremont County in central Colorado...
  Northeastern Custer County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 900 PM MDT.

* At 552 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two 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.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Wetmore.

Additional rainfall amounts of one half inch to one inch are 
possible in the warned area.

This includes the following areas, Hardscrabble Creek near County
Road 389.
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3823 10537 3833 10536 3832 10508 3820 10508

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Rodriguez
2 follow-up statements
898 
WGUS75 KPUB 260056
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
656 PM MDT Tue Aug 25 2020

COC027-043-260300-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-200826T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fremont CO-Custer CO-
656 PM MDT Tue Aug 25 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT AND NORTHEASTERN CUSTER COUNTIES...

At 655 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated isolated thunderstorms 
continuing to produce light to moderate rain across the warned area. 
Up to around two 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.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Wetmore.

This includes the following areas, Hardscrabble Creek near County
Road 389.
  
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3823 10537 3833 10536 3832 10508 3820 10508

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Rodriguez
904 
WGUS75 KPUB 260251
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
851 PM MDT Tue Aug 25 2020

COC027-043-260300-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-200826T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Fremont CO-Custer CO-
851 PM MDT Tue Aug 25 2020

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN FREMONT AND NORTHEASTERN
CUSTER COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT...

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

LAT...LON 3823 10537 3833 10536 3832 10508 3820 10508

$$

Rodriguez

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementPUBFremont42 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.