Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2006
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 14, 2006, 3:33 PM MDT for Douglas 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
- Aug 14, 2006, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2006, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Douglas County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1180 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KBOU 142134 FFWBOU COC035-150030- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 333 PM MDT MON AUG 14 2006 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 331 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTH OF WESTCREEK...OR ABOUT 28 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTCREEK. AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATE THAT OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THIS STORM IN THE LAST 15 MINUTES. 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. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS... AND DITCHES IN THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA. SOME DRAINAGE BASINS AFFECTED BY EXCESSIVE RUNOFF INCLUDE FOURMILE CREEK...TURKEY CREEK...WEST CREEK...AND OTHER TRIBUTARIES OF THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. ROCK SLIDES OR MUD FLOWS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS RURAL ROADS. LAT...LON 3926 10521 3914 10531 3913 10511 3921 10514 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KBOU 142229 FFSBOU FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 428 PM MDT MON AUG 14 2006 COC035-150030- DOUGLAS CO- 428 PM MDT MON AUG 14 2006 ...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY... AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS THAT BROUGHT VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED SOUTHEAST OF THE HAYMAN BURN AREA IN SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY. HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM THE STORMS COULD STILL PRODUCE HIGH WATER ON WEST CREEK...TROUT CREEK AND HORSE CREEK. LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTCREEK. AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT RAIN AMOUNTS FROM THE LINE OF STORMS RANGED FROM OVER AN INCH ALONG HORSE CREEK NEAR DECKERS TO ONLY 0.12 INCH NEAR THE DOUGLAS TELLER COUNTY BORDER. HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS...STREAMS... AND DITCHES IN THE HAYMAN FIRE BURN AREA. ROCK SLIDES OR MUD FLOWS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS RURAL ROADS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3926 10521 3914 10531 3913 10511 3921 10514 $$
000 WGUS75 KBOU 142305 FFSBOU FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 505 PM MDT MON AUG 14 2006 COC035-142309- DOUGLAS CO- 505 PM MDT MON AUG 14 2006 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY... THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING IN THE HAYMAN BURN AREA HAVE EXITED SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS COUNTY. NO ADDITIONAL RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE ABOUT 430 PM MDT. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF FLOODING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST COLORADO. LAT...LON 3926 10521 3914 10531 3913 10511 3921 10514 $$
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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.