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Flash Flood Warning 27, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

September 26, 2012Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Sep 26, 2012, 6:48 PM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2012, 6:48 PM MDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2012, 9:06 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 33 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 00:00Z on 2012-09-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 294 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2012-09-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1309 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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.

514 
WGUS55 KBOU 270048
FFWBOU
COC123-270345-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0027.120927T0048Z-120927T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
648 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 646 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF LOCHBUIE...OR
  25 MILES SOUTH OF GREELEY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO LOCHBUIE
  AND HUDSON.

THIS REPLACES THE SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY THAT WAS IN EFFECT 
FOR EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY.

DOPPLER RADAR AND WEATHER SPOTTERS ESTIMATE THAT 2 TO 3 OF RAIN 
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM THIS STORM IN THE LAST ONE AND ONE HALF HOURS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY
ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 4011 10464 4000 10464 4000 10479 4010 10475

$$


BARJENBRUCH
2 follow-up statements
305 
WGUS75 KBOU 270156
FFSBOU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
756 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012

COC123-270345-
/O.CON.KBOU.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120927T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WELD CO-
756 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR
EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...

AT 751 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THE HEAVY RAIN NEAR HUDSON...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF GREELEY...
HAD ENDED.  

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
LOCHBUIE AND HUDSON.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 3 INCHES OF RAIN FELL FROM THE 
STORMS EARLIER THIS EVENING.  THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS CENTERED ABOUT
3 MILES WEST OF HUDSON AND 3 MILES NORTH OF LOCHBUIE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT
QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY
IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

&&

LAT...LON 4011 10464 4000 10464 4000 10479 4010 10475

$$


BARJENBRUCH
701 
WGUS75 KBOU 270306
FFSBOU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
906 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012

COC123-270316-
/O.CAN.KBOU.FF.W.0027.000000T0000Z-120927T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
WELD CO-
906 PM MDT WED SEP 26 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL WELD 
COUNTY...

THE WELD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING ISSUES.

LAT...LON 4011 10464 4000 10464 4000 10479 4010 10475

$$


BARJENBRUCH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 6:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld85 min
Sep 27, 1:15 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUDouglas29 min
Sep 27, 1:29 PM MDTTornado WarningBOUElbert31 min
Sep 27, 4:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWashington80 min
Sep 27, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUWeld30 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.