Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 120, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2021, 7:06 PM MDT for Las Animas County, Otero County, Pueblo 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, 7:06 PM MDT (01:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2021, 9:38 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Las Animas County, CO, Otero County, CO, Pueblo County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:07 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 249 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.
458
WGUS55 KPUB 040106
FFWPUB
COC071-089-101-040415-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0120.210804T0106Z-210804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
706 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northern Las Animas County in southeastern Colorado...
Southwestern Otero County in southeastern Colorado...
Southeastern Pueblo County in southeastern Colorado...
* Until 1015 PM MDT.
* At 706 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...
Delhi.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3781 10412 3786 10398 3785 10390 3772 10384
3760 10380 3757 10383 3756 10389 3760 10401
3767 10409
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
KS/CS2 follow-up statements
275
WGUS75 KPUB 040213 RRA
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
813 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
COC071-089-101-040415-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Las Animas CO-Otero CO-Pueblo CO-
813 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS, SOUTHWESTERN OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN
PUEBLO COUNTIES...
At 813 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Delhi.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3781 10412 3786 10398 3785 10390 3772 10384
3760 10380 3757 10383 3756 10389 3760 10401
3767 10409
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
KS155
WGUS75 KPUB 040338
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
938 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
COC071-089-101-040348-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0120.000000T0000Z-210804T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Las Animas CO-Otero CO-Pueblo CO-
938 PM MDT Tue Aug 3 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHERN LAS ANIMAS,
SOUTHWESTERN OTERO AND SOUTHEASTERN PUEBLO COUNTIES...
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 3781 10412 3786 10398 3785 10390 3772 10384
3760 10380 3757 10383 3756 10389 3760 10401
3767 10409
$$
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, 7:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 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.