Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Jun 6, 2012, 11:30 PM MDT (05:30 UTC)

Expired

Jun 7, 2012, 2:30 AM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Douglas County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:33 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.

556 
WGUS55 KBOU 070530
FFWBOU
COC035-070830-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0005.120607T0530Z-120607T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1130 PM MDT WED JUN 6 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 230 AM MDT

* AT 1128 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  
  RAIN WAS ENDING OVER NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY.


* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO CASTLE
  PINES...THE PINERY...SURREY RIDGE...SEDALIA...LOUVIERS...HIGHLANDS
  RANCH AND BEVERLY HILLS.

DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 
THIS EVENING OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3934 10504 3956 10501 3957 10481 3957 10477
      3949 10479 3947 10467 3942 10471

$$

662 
WGUS75 KBOU 070823
FFSBOU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
223 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2012

COC035-070831-
/O.EXP.KBOU.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-120607T0830Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DOUGLAS CO-
223 AM MDT THU JUN 7 2012

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 230 AM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTY...

THE STORMS THAT PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS EXITED THE AREA. ANYWHERE 
FROM 2 TO 5 INCHES OF HAS FALLEN ACROSS NORTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY. 
STREAMS AND DRAINAGE AREAS WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND MAY 
CONTINUE TO FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS. AN AREAL FLOOD WARNING WILL 
REMAIN IN EFFECT THIS MORNING.

LAT...LON 3934 10504 3956 10501 3957 10481 3957 10477
      3949 10479 3947 10467 3942 10471

$$

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

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.