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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Pueblo, CO

June 2, 2024Kiowa County, Colorado

NWS Pueblo, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2024, 11:12 PM MDT for Kiowa 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: Jun 2, 2024, 11:12 PM MDT (05:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2024, 2:15 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Pueblo, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Kiowa County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:14 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

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 847 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -282 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

399 
WGUS55 KPUB 030512
FFWPUB
COC061-030815-
/O.NEW.KPUB.FF.W.0002.240603T0512Z-240603T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1112 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

The National Weather Service in Pueblo has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Northeastern Kiowa County in southeastern Colorado...

* Until 215 AM MDT.

* At 1112 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain 
  have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 
  hour. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches 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...
  Eads, Sheridan Lake, Brandon, Chivington and Towner.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 10204 3841 10252 3843 10278 3848 10282
      3861 10285 3862 10205

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

KT

3 follow-up statements

100 
WGUS75 KPUB 030557
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1157 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

COC061-030815-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240603T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kiowa CO-
1157 PM MDT Sun Jun 2 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM MDT MONDAY FOR 
NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 1157 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain 
have fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour. 
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 2 inches 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...
  Sheridan Lake, Brandon, and Towner.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Rush Creek, White Woman Creek, Big Sandy Creek and South Fork 
  White Woman 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 10204 3841 10252 3843 10278 3848 10282
      3861 10285 3862 10205

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
EXPECTED RAINFALL RATE...1-2 INCHES IN 1 HOUR

$$

KT

117 
WGUS75 KPUB 030623
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1223 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

COC061-030815-
/O.CON.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240603T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kiowa CO-
1223 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM MDT EARLY THIS 
MORNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

At 1223 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
heavy rain is moving out of the warned. Between 2 and 3 inches of 
rain have fallen. Flash flooding is expected to continue until the 
water has a chance to recede.

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...
  Sheridan Lake, Brandon, and Towner.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Rush Creek, White Woman Creek, Big Sandy Creek and South Fork 
  White Woman 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 10204 3841 10252 3843 10278 3848 10282
      3861 10285 3862 10205

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

KT

483 
WGUS75 KPUB 030810
FFSPUB

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
210 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

COC061-030820-
/O.EXP.KPUB.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-240603T0815Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Kiowa CO-
210 AM MDT Mon Jun 3 2024

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 215 AM MDT EARLY THIS MORNING 
FOR NORTHEASTERN KIOWA COUNTY...

Flood waters have receded. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

&&

LAT...LON 3842 10204 3841 10252 3843 10278 3848 10282
      3861 10285 3862 10205

$$

KT

The office that day

Everything else NWS Pueblo, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 2, 10:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	29 min
Jun 2, 10:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	37 min
Jun 2, 10:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	PUB	Kiowa	63 min
Jun 2, 11:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	PUB	Kiowa	24 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.