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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Pueblo, CO
NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 25, 2022, 7:51 PM MDT for Chaffee County, Colorado. It was in force for 117 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
- Jun 25, 2022, 7:51 PM MDT (01:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 2022, 9:48 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Pueblo, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Chaffee County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 193 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
- 4015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 58 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
907
WGUS55 KPUB 260151
FFWPUB
COC015-260445-
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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
751 PM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Central Chaffee County in central Colorado...
* Until 1045 PM MDT.
* At 751 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 1 inch of rain has
fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 1.5 inches in 1 hour.
Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the
warned area. 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...
St Elmo and Alpine.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Baldwin Creek, South Cottonwood Creek, North Fork Chalk Creek,
Chalk Creek, Baldwin Gulch and Middle Cottonwood Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3878 10641 3881 10624 3875 10626 3871 10620
3863 10636 3868 10642
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
Moore2 follow-up statements
622
WGUS75 KPUB 260252
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
852 PM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
COC015-260445-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220626T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chaffee CO-
852 PM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...
At 852 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms were
diminishing across the area, with mainly light rain showers expected
through the remainder of the evening. Up to 1 inch of rain has
fallen. and an additional one to two tenths of an inch of rainfall
is possible. Flash flooding from earlier heavy rainfall remains
possible.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
St Elmo and Alpine.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Baldwin Creek, South Cottonwood Creek, North Fork Chalk Creek,
Chalk Creek, Baldwin Gulch and Middle Cottonwood Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.
Flooding is occurring or is imminent. It is important to know where
you are relative to streams, rivers, or creeks which can become
killers in heavy rains. Campers and hikers should avoid streams or
creeks.
Please report observed flooding to local emergency services or law
enforcement and request they pass this information to the National
Weather Service when you can do so safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3878 10641 3881 10624 3875 10626 3871 10620
3863 10636 3868 10642
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-1.5 INCHES IN 1 HOUR
$$
EP026
WGUS75 KPUB 260348
FFSPUB
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
948 PM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
COC015-260358-
/O.CAN.KPUB.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-220626T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Chaffee CO-
948 PM MDT Sat Jun 25 2022
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3878 10641 3881 10624 3875 10626 3871 10620
3863 10636 3868 10642
$$
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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.