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Flash Flood Watch 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 8, 20067 counties in Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 8, 2006, 10:35 AM MDT for 7 counties in Colorado. It was in force for 11 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 8, 2006, 10:35 AM MDT (16:35 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2006, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 11 hr
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Flood severity: None

Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Park County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood watch went out at Jul 8, 3:05 AM MDT, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:05 AM MDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 4:58 AM MDT, 5 hours 37 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 6:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Douglas	3 hr
Jul 7, 9:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Douglas	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in Colorado, 2006 Every flash flood watch in 2006

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.