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River Flood Advisory 8, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 1, 2011Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this river flood advisory at Jul 1, 2011, 12:16 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 72 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 1, 2011, 12:16 PM MDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2011, 12:00 PM MDT
In force: 72 hr
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

County Weld County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 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 river

Written for the forecast point Cache La Poudre River (CO) near Greeley (GRPC2).

Action stage: 7 ft
Minor stage: 8 ft
Moderate stage: 9.5 ft
Major stage: 10.5 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 1, 3:00 AM MDT, 9 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:00 AM MDT, 9 hours 16 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
Jun 30, 6:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Boulder, Gilpin	27 min
Jun 30, 6:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Grand	5 days
Jun 30, 10:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Douglas, Elbert	16 min

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.