Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jun 6, 2012, 7:16 PM MDT (01:16 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 2012, 10:15 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Arapahoe County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

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WGUS55 KBOU 070116
FFWBOU
COC005-035-039-070415-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0001.120607T0116Z-120607T0415Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
716 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
  NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
  WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT

* AT 711 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM     
  15 MILES EAST OF ARAPAHOE PARK TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARAPAHOE    
  PARK TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PARKER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING    
  FROM 30 MILES EAST OF DENVER TO 22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENVER.      
  THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO PARKER...
  ARAPAHOE PARK AND SOUTHERN AURORA.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT FROM 2 TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
FROM THESE STORMS IN THE LAST 90 MINUTES. BOX ELDER CREEK IN SOUTH 
CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY IS ROUGHLY AT THE CENTER OF THIS HEAVY 
RAINFALL AREA. 

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.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.

&&

LAT...LON 3971 10445 3962 10432 3953 10438 3946 10462
      3950 10478 3963 10472 3971 10462

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178 
WGUS75 KBOU 070321
FFSBOU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
921 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

COC005-035-039-070415-
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/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ELBERT CO-DOUGLAS CO-ARAPAHOE CO-
921 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR
WESTERN ARAPAHOE...NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND NORTHWESTERN ELBERT
COUNTIES...

AT 916 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH 
FLOODING ON A NUMBER OF ROADWAYS AND SMALL STREAMS FROM 
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF ARAPAHOE 
PARK TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ARAPAHOE PARK TO 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 
PARKER...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES EAST OF DENVER TO 
21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DENVER TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF DENVER. THESE 
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
PARKER...ARAPAHOE PARK AND SOUTHERN AURORA.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 
THIS LINE OF STORMS IN THE LAST 3 HOURS. 

AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES IN NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY INDICATED THAT 2 
TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE LAST HOUR.

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...MURPHY 
CREEK...RUNNING CREEK...WOLF CREEK...CHERRY CREEK...PINEY CREEK... 
COMANCHE CREEK...KIOWA CREEK...COAL CREEK...WEST SAND CREEK...FIRST 
CREEK...EAST TOLL GATE CREEK...WEST TOLL GATE CREEK AND LITTLE 
COMANCHE CREEK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO
CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A
FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR
VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT WEDNESDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO.

&&

LAT...LON 3971 10445 3962 10432 3953 10438 3946 10462
      3950 10478 3963 10472 3971 10462

$$


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