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River Flood Advisory 17, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 18, 2011Sedgwick County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this river flood advisory at Jul 18, 2011, 10:03 AM MDT for Sedgwick County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 18, 2011, 10:03 AM MDT (16:03 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2011, 6:22 PM MDT
In force: 3 days
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Sedgwick County, CO

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Platte River near Julesburg (JULC2).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 11 ft
Major stage: 12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory 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 river flood advisory went out at Jul 18, 3:55 AM MDT, 6 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 3:55 AM MDT, 6 hours 8 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 17, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Grand	25 min
Jul 18, 4:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Larimer	114 min

Nearby

River Flood Advisories in Colorado, 2011 Every river flood advisory in 2011

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.