Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2002
Flash Flood Warning 17, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 8, 2002, 7:01 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 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
- Sep 8, 2002, 7:01 PM MDT (01:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 8, 2002, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Lincoln County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:01 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
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 65 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
- 115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1647 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KBOU 090101
FFWDEN
COC073-090330-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
700 PM MDT SUN SEP 8 2002
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF LIMON
* UNTIL 930 PM MDT
* AT 657 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER LIMON...OR ABOUT 3 MILES SOUTH OF LIMON. THE
STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...LIMON.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 4 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
THE SOUTHERN LIMON SINCE 540 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 3929 10371 3912 10371 3929 10351 3936 10341
3945 10334 3953 10343 3941 10357
RJK2 follow-up statements
000
WGUS55 KBOU 090151
FFSDEN
COC073-090330-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
750 PM MDT SUN SEP 8 2002
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER IS CONTINUING A FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL 930 PM MDT...
AT 750 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNING AREA
IN NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY INCLUDING THE LIMON AREA. THE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY AT ABOUT 5 MILES PER HOUR TO THE
NORTHEAST.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...LIMON.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 5 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER
SOUTHERN LIMON AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF LIMON SINCE 540 PM MDT.
LAT...LON 3929 10371 3912 10371 3929 10351 3936 10341
3945 10334 3953 10343 3941 10357
RJK000
WGUS55 KBOU 090250
FFSDEN
COC073-090330-
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
850 PM MDT SUN SEP 8 2002
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 930 PM MDT...
AT 847 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS HAD WEAKENED OVER THE WARNING AREA IN NORTH CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY INCLUDING THE LIMON AREA. HOWEVER ADDITIONAL
THUNDERSTORMS WERE REDEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY AND
MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY BY 930 PM.
LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...LIMON.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY
AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK
HIGHER GROUND.
DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 7 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN JUST
TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF LIMON ALONG HIGHWAY 71 SINCE 540 PM
MDT.
LAT...LON 3929 10371 3912 10371 3929 10351 3936 10341
3945 10334 3953 10343 3941 10357
KLEYLAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 8, 7:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Elbert | 2 hr |
| Sep 8, 9:35 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Elbert, Lincoln | 2 hr |
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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.