Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 1991, 5:45 PM MDT for Denver County, Colorado. It was in force for 75 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 2, 1991, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 1991, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Denver County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 110 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -53 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 832 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 3:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
COZ011-012-013-014-020400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 345PM MDT SUNDAY JUNE 2 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER COLORADO... THUNDERSTORMS ARE INCREASING IN NUMBER OVER NORTHEASTERN COLORADO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS POSTED FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHEAST AND PART OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO UNTIL 8PM MDT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND NORTHEAST PLAINS OF COLORADO UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR RIVERS AND STREAMS BELOW 8000 FEET. A FLOOD WARNING IS POSTED FOR THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER BETWEEN GREELEY TO JUST NORTH OF FORT LUPTON UNTIL MONDAY MORNING. AT 345PM MDT THERE WERE SEVERAL WEAK TO MODERATE THUNDERSTORMS IN WELD AND CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTIES. THERE WERE ALSO SOME STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SPREADING NORTH FROM SOUTHEAST COLORADO INTO ELBERT COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...UP TO 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 25-30 MPH. ALL PERSONS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS. BE ALERT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER IS IN YOUR AREA. PEOPLE NEAR STREAMS AND RIVERS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN IS OBSERVED OR IF WATER LEVELS BEGIN TO RISE. MANY STREAMS AND CREEKS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND NEARBY PLAINS ARE RUNNING QUITE HIGH ALREADY. ANY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE ENOUGH TO MAKE THEM OVERFLOW THEIR BANKS IN SOME AREAS. HEAVY RAIN IN AN URBAN AREA WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS ESPECJIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS AND AT INTERSECTIONS. END...GCF...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
COZ012-022300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 400 PM MDT SUN JUNE 2 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO... AT 350 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN WELD COUNTY 9 MILES SOUTH OF KEOTA OR 50 MILES EAST OF FORT COLLINS. THIS STROM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. ALL PERSONS IN NORTHERN WELD COUNTY INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF GROVER... BRIGGSDALE AND HEREFORD SHOULD BE ALERT FRO FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THIS STORM TIL 500 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PROlNE AREAS. GARD...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
COZ011-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 425 PM MDT SUN JUNE 2 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP OVER SOUTHERN METRO AREA... AT 415 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE DENVER METRO AREA FROM NEAR PARKER WEST TO LITTLETON. SHOULD STORMS DEVELOP THEY WILL MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH ACROSS CENTRAL DENVER. ALL PEOPLE IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE DENVER METRO AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THESE STORMS TIL 530 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS...DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GARD...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
COZ011-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 440 PM MDT SUN JUNE 2 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST METRO DENVER... AT 435 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST METRO DENVER IN THE VICNITY OF SOUTH AURORA AND SOUTHEAST DENVER. THESE STROMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. ALL PEOPLE IN THE DENVER METRO AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THESE STORMS TIL 530 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS...DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GARD...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
COZ011-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 445PM MDT SUN JUNE 2 1991 ...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MEAD COLORADO... AT 445 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A STRONG NEAR HARNEY COLORADO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS DUMPING 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN PER HOUR IN THE TOWN OF MEAD ACCORDING TO REPORTS FROM AHAM RADIO OPERATOR. THE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST ABOUT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN WESTERN WELD AND SOUTHEASTERN LARIMER COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THIS STORM AND MOVE INDOORS IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MOTORISTS ALONG AND NEAR I-25 BETWEEN 40 AND 60 MILES NORTH OF DENVER SHOULD WATCH FOR HEAVY RAIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD CAUSE FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. IF YOU ARE NEAR A CREEK OR STREAM IN SOUTHWEST WELD OR SOUTHEAST LARIMER COUNTY MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IF HEAVY RAIN REACHES YOUR LOCATION AS STREAMS ARE LIKELY TO OVERFLOW IN THIS AREA. END...GCF...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jun 2, 4:47 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
COZ011-022330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 450 PM MDT SUN JUNE 2 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHEAST METRO DENVER... AT 445 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM INTENSIFYING OVER THE EAST METRO DENVER IN THE VICNITY OF AURORA. THIS STORM MAY CONTAIN HAIL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 25 MPH. ALL PEOPLE IN THE DENVER METRO AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THIS STORM TIL 530 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY CAUSE LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS...DITCHES...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. GARD...WSFO DENVER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Boulder | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 6:33 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Larimer | 27 min |
| Jun 1, 8:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 11:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 5:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Larimer, Weld | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 5:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Denver | 29 min |
| Jun 2, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Boulder, Denver, Jefferson | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 5:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 48 min |
| Jun 2, 5:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Morgan, Washington | 64 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.