Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 119, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2021, 7:03 PM MDT for Bent 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 3, 2021, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 9:37 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Bent County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:02 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 222 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2009 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
319
WGUS55 KPUB 040103
FFWPUB
COC011-040415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0119.210804T0103Z-210804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
703 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southern Bent County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 1015 PM MDT.
* At 703 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 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...
mainly rural areas of Southern Bent County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3803 10292 3802 10287 3786 10292 3765 10292
3765 10308 3780 10311 3776 10328 3781 10340
3791 10339 3800 10323 3801 10303
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
KS2 follow-up statements
941
WGUS75 KPUB 040213
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
813 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
COC011-040415-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0119.000000T0000Z-210804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bent CO-
813 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTHERN BENT COUNTY...
At 813 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Southern Bent County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3803 10292 3802 10287 3786 10292 3765 10292
3765 10308 3780 10311 3776 10328 3781 10340
3791 10339 3800 10323 3801 10303
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
KS369
WGUS75 KPUB 040337
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
937 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
COC011-040347-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0119.000000T0000Z-210804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bent CO-
937 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN BENT 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. Light rain is still in the vicinity.
LAT...LON 3803 10292 3802 10287 3786 10292 3765 10292
3765 10308 3780 10311 3776 10328 3781 10340
3791 10339 3800 10323 3801 10303
$$
CS/KSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Otero | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 6:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 7:06 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Las Animas, Otero, Pueblo | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 48 min |
| Aug 4, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 40 min |
| Aug 4, 1:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 51 min |
| Aug 4, 1:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 3 hr |
| Aug 4, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 37 min |
| Aug 4, 3:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Prowers | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 4:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 55 min |
| Aug 4, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 37 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.