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Flash Flood Warning 35, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 3, 2011Douglas County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2011, 4:59 PM MDT for Douglas County, Colorado. It was in force for 70 min. 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 3, 2011, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2011, 6:09 PM MDT
In force
70 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Douglas County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:02 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 12:00Z, 11.0 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -14 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

207 
WGUS55 KBOU 032259
FFWBOU
COC035-040100-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0035.110803T2259Z-110804T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
459 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 457 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTH OF WESTCREEK...OR
  23 MILES NORTHWEST OF COLORADO SPRINGS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO WESTCREEK
  TRAIL CREEK.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN 
FROM THIS STORM IN THE LAST 45 MINUTES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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...SIXMILE
CREEK...TRAIL CREEK AND WEST CREEK. ROCK SLIDES OR DEBRIS FLOWS CAN
ALSO BE EXPECTED ACROSS RURAL ROADS.

&&

LAT...LON 3923 10518 3913 10513 3913 10514 3913 10521

$$
1 follow-up statement
562 
WGUS75 KBOU 040009
FFSBOU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
609 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011

COC035-040017-
/O.CAN.KBOU.FF.W.0035.000000T0000Z-110804T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS CO-
609 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTY...

THE STORM THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA AND WATERS 
HAVE RECEDED. A FEW ROADS IN THE AREA HAVE HAD REPORTS OF ROCKS 
WASHED ONTO THEM BY THE HEAVY RAIN...USE CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. 

LAT...LON 3923 10518 3913 10513 3913 10514 3913 10521

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUMorgan, Weld88 min
Aug 2, 11:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULincoln94 min
Aug 3, 1:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUGrand64 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.