Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 1991
Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 1991, 5:15 PM MDT for Arapahoe County, Colorado. It was in force for 80 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1991, 5:15 PM MDT (23:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1991, 6:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 80 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Arapahoe County, CO
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 6, 12:53 PM MDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
COZ011-012-013-014-062100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1245PM MDT THU JUNE 6 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO BUILD IN FLASH FLOOD WATCH AREA... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE FRONT RANGE/PIKES PEAK AND NORTHEASTERN PLAINS AREA OF COLORADO UNTIL 9PM THIS EVENING. EARLY THIS AFTERNOON STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO BUILD IN THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE WATCH AREA AND INCREASED ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AS AN UPPER AIR DISTURBANCE MOVES INTO THE AREA. SINCE THIS MORNING THE STEERING WINDS HAVE BECOME MORE SOUTHWESTERLY SO THAT STORMS WHICH FORM IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD MOVE TOWARD THE NORTHEAST. THIS MAY HELP TO DECREASE THE RAINFALL IN ANY GIVEN AREA. HOWEVER...A LOT OF MOISTURE AND SIGNIFICANT INSTABILITY REMAIN OVER THE WATCH AREA AND SOME AREAS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THESE RAINS WILL BE ACCOMPANIED BY CONSIYDERABLE PONDING OF WATER IN STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS. THIS REMAINS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS REQUIRE. TUNNELL
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
COZ011-062100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 210 PM MDT THU JUNE 6 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER SOUTHEAST METRO DENVER... AT 205 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BUILDING OVER SOUTHEAST METRO DENVER NEAR CENTENNIAL AIRPORT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. ALL PEOPLE IN THE GREATER DENVER METRO AREA INCLUDING AURORA AND EAST DENVER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING... HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THESE STORMS UNTIL 300 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON. HEAVY RAIN MAY PRODUCE FLOODING OF STREETS...HIGHWAYS... SMALL STREAMS AND GULLIES AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. GARD...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 3:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
COZ011-062200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 310 PM MDT THU JUNE 6 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST PARK COUNTY... AT 300 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEAST PARK COUNTY AND HEADING TOWARDS SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. MOTORISTS ON ROADS IN THIS AREA SHOULD BE ALERT FOR BRIEF HEAVY SHOWERS WITH SMALL HAIL AND POSSIBLE FLOODING OF ROADWAYS. ROCKSLIDES RELEASED BY HEAVY SHOWERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG CANYON HIGHWAYS. RESIDENTS IN SOUTHERN JEFFERSON COUNTY SHOULD ALSO BE ALERT FOR RAPID WATER LEVEL RISES ON STREAMS GAND IN GULLIES. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. DRB...WSFO DENVER
Special weather statement, Jun 6, 4:25 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
COZ011-070000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 425 PM MDT THU JUNE 6 1991 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHWEST METRO DENVER... AT 415 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER LAKEWOOD IN SOUTHWEST METRO DENVER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 20 MPH. ALL PEOPLE IN WESTERN METRO DENVER INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF LAKEWOOD...ARVADA...WHEAT RIDGE AND WESTMINISTER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS FROM THESE STORMS TIL 500 PM MDT. HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF HIGHWAYS...STREETS ...SMALL STREAMS AND LOW LYING OR FLOOD PRONE AREAS. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS CONDITIONS WARRANT. 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 6, 3:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 46 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 4:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Weld | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 5:23 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 37 min |
| Jun 6, 5:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 65 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 1991Every flash flood warning in 1991
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.