Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at May 29, 2021, 7:57 PM MDT for El Paso County, Colorado. It was in force for 79 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
- May 29, 2021, 7:57 PM MDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 2021, 9:16 PM MDT
- In force
- 79 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County El Paso County, CO
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 278 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -68 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1446 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
600
WGUS55 KPUB 300157
FFWPUB
COC041-300500-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0015.210530T0157Z-210530T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
757 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central El Paso County in east central Colorado...
* Until 1100 PM MDT.
* At 757 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...Doppler radar.
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 flash flooding include...
Eastern Colorado Springs and Falcon.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3894 10451 3888 10450 3885 10462 3890 10468
3897 10469 3897 10458
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Hodanish1 follow-up statement
288
WGUS75 KPUB 300316
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
916 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021
COC041-300326-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210530T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
El Paso CO-
916 PM MDT Sat May 29 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL EL PASO COUNTY...
The rain has ended across the warned area. Flooding is no longer
expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed remaining road
closures and be alert to ponding of water, especially on county
roadways.
LAT...LON 3894 10451 3888 10450 3885 10462 3890 10468
3897 10469 3897 10458
$$
HodanishThe office that day
Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 29, 6:11 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 34 min |
| May 29, 6:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| May 29, 6:38 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 22 min |
| May 29, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 26 min |
| May 29, 6:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 37 min |
| May 29, 6:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 36 min |
| May 29, 6:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 48 min |
| May 29, 7:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 36 min |
| May 29, 7:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 30 min |
| May 29, 8:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 43 min |
| May 29, 8:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent, Otero | 52 min |
| May 29, 8:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 29 min |
| May 29, 9:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| May 29, 9:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 32 min |
| May 29, 9:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Baca | 37 min |
| May 29, 9:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 35 min |
| May 29, 10:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 7 hr |
| May 29, 10:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 32 min |
| May 29, 11:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 32 min |
| May 30, 12:09 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 51 min |
| May 30, 12:18 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 42 min |
| May 30, 12:28 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Bent, Prowers | 47 min |
| May 30, 1:08 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 37 min |
| May 30, 1:52 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Prowers | 38 min |
| May 30, 3:31 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | PUB | Alamosa, Baca, Bent, Chaffee, Costilla, Custer and 6 more | 20 hr |
| May 30, 4:57 AM MDT | Areal Flood Warning | PUB | Bent, Otero | 3 hr |
| May 30, 5:05 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | PUB | Bent | 14 hr |
| May 30, 12:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Bent | 50 min |
| May 30, 12:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Huerfano | 49 min |
| May 30, 12:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 36 min |
| May 30, 1:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 28 min |
| May 30, 1:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 29 min |
| May 30, 1:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 52 min |
| May 30, 1:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 42 min |
| May 30, 1:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 33 min |
| May 30, 2:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 23 min |
| May 30, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 37 min |
| May 30, 2:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 21 min |
| May 30, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 31 min |
| May 30, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 42 min |
| May 30, 2:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 32 min |
| May 30, 2:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 42 min |
| May 30, 2:54 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 36 min |
| May 30, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Fremont | 50 min |
| May 30, 3:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| May 30, 3:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 35 min |
| May 30, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Custer, Fremont, Pueblo | 32 min |
| May 30, 3:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | El Paso | 34 min |
| May 30, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Las Animas | 37 min |
| May 30, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 35 min |
| May 30, 3:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | Baca, Las Animas | 21 min |
| May 30, 4:12 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | PUB | El Paso | 21 min |
| May 30, 4:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Las Animas | 39 min |
| May 30, 4:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | PUB | Pueblo | 37 min |
| May 30, 4:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | El Paso | 24 min |
| May 30, 5:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Pueblo | 25 min |
| May 30, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 25 min |
| May 30, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | PUB | Crowley | 29 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.