Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 1995
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 1995, 1:05 AM MDT for Washington County, Colorado. It was in force for 115 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1995, 1:05 AM MDT (07:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1995, 3:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 115 min
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Whole counties
County Washington County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:05 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 11 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
- 1788 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 3, 8:04 PM MDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
COZ041-071>075-040300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 800 PM MDT SAT JUN 03 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR DOUGLAS...EL PASO...WESTERN ELBERT...WESTERN ADAMS...WESTERN ARAPAHOE...PUEBLO AND WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTIES. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN COLORADO EAST OF A LINE FROM FORT MORGAN TO LIMON TO LA JUNTA. LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:10 PM MDT, 3 hours 55 minutes before
COZ044>050-076>081-090>092-040400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 910 PM MDT SAT JUN 03 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR REMAINDER OF EASTERN COLORADO... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN COLORADO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER EASTERN COLORADO...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. HOWEVER... THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. LESZCYNSKI
Special weather statement, Jun 3, 9:12 PM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
COZ044>050-076>081-090>092-040400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 910 PM MDT SAT JUN 03 1995 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR REMAINDER OF EASTERN COLORADO... THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN COLORADO. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING OVER EASTERN COLORADO...WITH MOST OF THE ACTIVITY NEAR THE KANSAS BORDER. HOWEVER... THE STORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS. LESZCYNSKI
Local storm report, Jun 3, 11:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1115 PM MDT FRI MAY 26 1995
...SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS...NORTHEAST COLORADO JUNE 3 1995...
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
235 PM 5-6 E OF LOCHBUIE CO TORNADO/SHORT LIVED
WELD COUNTY
310 PM W OF CASTLE ROCK CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
DOUGLAS COUNTY
311 PM 11 E DENVER CO 3/4 INCH HAIL AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTY FUNNEL CLOUD
314 PM NEAR AURORA CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
ARAPAHOE COUNTY NEAR BUCKLEY AFB
315 PM 5 W AURORA CO TORNADO/SHORT LIVED
ARAPAHOE COUNTY W OF BUCKLEY AFB
323 PM 1 N CASTLE ROCK CO 3/4 INCH HAIL
DOUGLAS COUNTY
331 PM CASTLE ROCK CO 3/4 TO 11/2 INCH HAIL
DOUGLAS COUNTY
337 PM 1 E CASTLE ROCK CO FUNNEL CLOUD
DOUGLAS COUNTY
501 PM 6 S BENNETT CO FUNNEL CLOUD
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
503 PM 4-5 S BENNETT CO FUNNEL CLOUD
ARAPAHOE COUNTY
506 PM 1 N BENNETT CO FUNNEL CLOUD
ADAMS COUNTY
509 PM 5-6 NE STRASBURG CO 2 TORNADOES
ADAMS COUNTY
610 PM 9 SW STRASBURG CO WATER 6 INCHES DEEP
ADAMS COUNTY OVER ROAD
930 PM NEAR NEW RAYMER CO 6 TO 7 FARMS FLOODED
WELD COUNTY 5 FEETT OF WATER IN
BASEMENTS/LATE REPORT
LESZCYNSKISpecial weather statement, Jun 4, 12:08 AM MDT, 57 minutes before
COZ048>049-040808-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1208 AM MDT SUN JUN 04 1995
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO SOAK ALREADY SATURATED FIELDS IN
NORTHEAST COLORADO...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON AND LOGAN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST COLORADO. RADAR
ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR
IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY.
RAINFALL THIS EVENING HAS LIKELY ADDED TO ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS...
CREEKS AND DRAIN DITCHES IN THE AREA. LOW LYING FIELDS MAY HAVE ALSO
BECOME WATER COVERED TOGETHER WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. THE
RAINFALL MAY CAUSE A MINOR RISE ON THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER DOWNSTREAM IN
EASTERN LOGAN AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES TOWARDS MORNING.
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO LAST ANOTHER ONE TO TWO HOURS ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLORADO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1
INCH MAY FALL IN PORTIONS OF LOGAN...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...PHILLIPS AND
SEDFGWICK COUNTIES BY 2 AM.
PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG THE BANKS OF THE SOUTH PLATTE
RIVER AND CREEKS IN WASHINGTON...LOGAN...AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SUDDENLY RISING WATERS. AVOID
DRIVING OVER WATER COVERED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OFF.
BAKER
LAT...LON 4047 10281 3994 10281 4023 10311 4077 10336
4099 10266Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:10 AM MDT, 55 minutes before
COZ048>049-040808-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1208 AM MDT SUN JUN 04 1995
...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES TO SOAK ALREADY SATURATED FIELDS IN
NORTHEAST COLORADO...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HAS DETECTED MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAINFALL DURING THE PAST HOUR FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING NORTHWARD ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WASHINGTON AND LOGAN COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST COLORADO. RADAR
ESTIMATES OF 1 TO 1 1/2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR
IN NORTHERN AND EASTERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AND IN SOUTHERN LOGAN COUNTY.
RAINFALL THIS EVENING HAS LIKELY ADDED TO ALREADY SWOLLEN STREAMS...
CREEKS AND DRAIN DITCHES IN THE AREA. LOW LYING FIELDS MAY HAVE ALSO
BECOME WATER COVERED TOGETHER WITH PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS. THE
RAINFALL MAY CAUSE A MINOR RISE ON THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER DOWNSTREAM IN
EASTERN LOGAN AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES TOWARDS MORNING.
RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO LAST ANOTHER ONE TO TWO HOURS ACROSS THE
NORTHEAST CORNER OF COLORADO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1/2 TO 1
INCH MAY FALL IN PORTIONS OF LOGAN...NORTHERN WASHINGTON...PHILLIPS AND
SEDFGWICK COUNTIES BY 2 AM.
PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS AND ALONG THE BANKS OF THE SOUTH PLATTE
RIVER AND CREEKS IN WASHINGTON...LOGAN...AND SEDGWICK COUNTIES SHOULD
REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SUDDENLY RISING WATERS. AVOID
DRIVING OVER WATER COVERED ROADS AS THEY MAY BE WASHED OFF.
BAKER
LAT...LON 4047 10281 3994 $10281 4023 10311 4077 10336
4099 10266The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 4:25 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 4:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Lincoln | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.