Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 118, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2021, 5:26 PM MDT for Teller County, Colorado. It was in force for 109 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
- Aug 3, 2021, 5:26 PM MDT (23:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 109 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Teller County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2110 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
478
WGUS55 KPUB 032326
FFWPUB
COC119-040230-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0118.210803T2326Z-210804T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
526 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Teller County in central Colorado...
* Until 830 PM MDT.
* At 526 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin
shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
other poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Victor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 10524 3869 10523 3869 10522 3874 10514
3872 10511 3865 10513 3865 10517 3865 10519
3865 10520 3865 10522 3865 10524 3866 10524
3867 10524 3868 10524
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
KS2 follow-up statements
818
WGUS75 KPUB 040037
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
637 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
COC119-040230-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0118.000000T0000Z-210804T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Teller CO-
637 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TELLER COUNTY...
At 637 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Victor.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3869 10524 3869 10523 3869 10522 3874 10514
3872 10511 3865 10513 3865 10517 3865 10519
3865 10520 3865 10522 3865 10524 3866 10524
3867 10524 3868 10524
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
KS912
WGUS75 KPUB 040115
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
715 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
COC119-040125-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0118.000000T0000Z-210804T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Teller CO-
715 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TELLER
COUNTY...
Flood waters have receded. The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no
longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining
road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 1200 AM MDT for portions
of central Colorado, south central Colorado and southeast Colorado.
LAT...LON 3869 10524 3869 10523 3869 10522 3874 10514
3872 10511 3865 10513 3865 10517 3865 10519
3865 10520 3865 10522 3865 10524 3866 10524
3867 10524 3868 10524
$$
KSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Huerfano | 96 min |
| Aug 2, 9:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 56 min |
| Aug 3, 12:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 12:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 1:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Custer | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 2:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Chaffee | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Alamosa | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Costilla | 42 min |
| Aug 3, 4:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 65 min |
| Aug 3, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 4:46 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Costilla | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Teller | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 5:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 44 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.