River Flood Warning 21, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Issued

Sep 14, 2013, 6:58 PM MDT (00:58 UTC)

Expired

Sep 14, 2013, 8:21 PM MDT

In force

83 min

Issued by

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

Flood severity

Minor

County Douglas County, CO

The Denver radar (KFTG), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 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.

Written for the forecast point Plum Creek (CO) near Sedalia (LOVC2).

Action stage

7 ft

Minor stage

8 ft

Moderate stage

10 ft

Major stage

12 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06709000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

922 
WGUS45 KBOU 150058
FLWBOU
   
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
658 PM MDT SAT SEP 14 2013

...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING 
FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN COLORADO... 

  PLUM CREEK NEAR SEDALIA AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.

.1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN AREAS OF 
DOUGLAS COUNTY EARLY THIS EVENING. THIS HAS CAUSED PLUM CREEK TO RISE 
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BOTH NEAR SEDALIA AND CASTLE ROCK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR HAS BEEN REPORTED.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN
DEPTH BY FOOT OR AUTOMOBILE. 

&&

COC035-150624-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FL.W.0021.130915T0058Z-130915T0624Z/
/LOVC2.1.ER.130914T2356Z.130915T0016Z.130915T0024Z.NO/
658 PM MDT SAT SEP 14 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A 

* FLOOD WARNING FOR 
  THE PLUM CREEK NEAR SEDALIA.
* UNTIL LATE TONIGHT.
* AT  6:16 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.8 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY 
  THIS EVENING.
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...CONSIDERABLE LOWLAND AND MEADOW FLOODING 
  OCCURS.
* FLOOD HISTORY...THIS CREST COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 6.9 FEET 
  ON JUL 3 2006.

$$

289 
WGUS85 KBOU 150108
FLSBOU
   
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
708 PM MDT SAT SEP 14 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
COLORADO...
 
  PLUM CREEK NEAR SEDALIA AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY AWAY FROM THE STEEP BANKS OF RIVERS AND STREAMS DURING A 
FLOOD... SATURATED BANKS CAN EASILY BREAK OFF AND FALL INTO 
POTENTIALLY DEADLY... FAST FLOWING FLOOD WATER. 

&&

COC035-151117-
/O.EXT.KBOU.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130915T1117Z/
/LOVC2.1.ER.130914T2356Z.130915T0030Z.130915T0517Z.NO/
708 PM MDT SAT SEP 14 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
  THE PLUM CREEK NEAR SEDALIA.
* AT 6:45 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.6 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE
  THIS EVENING. 
* IMPACT...AT 8.0 FEET...CONSIDERABLE LOWLAND AND MEADOW FLOODING 
  OCCURS.

$$
TLH

891 
WGUS85 KBOU 150221
FLSBOU
   
FLOOD STATEMENT 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
821 PM MDT SAT SEP 14 2013

...THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN 
COLORADO...
 
  PLUM CREEK NEAR SEDALIA AFFECTING DOUGLAS COUNTY.

&&

COC035-150251-
/O.CAN.KBOU.FL.W.0021.000000T0000Z-130915T1117Z/
/LOVC2.1.ER.130914T2356Z.130915T0030Z.130915T0058Z.NO/
821 PM MDT SAT SEP 14 2013

THE FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR
  THE PLUM CREEK NEAR SEDALIA.
* AT 8:01 PM SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 6.5 FEET. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET. 
* FELL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS EVENING.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL.

$$
TLH

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