Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Watches in 2014
Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood watch at Jul 28, 2014, 1:37 PM MDT for 19 counties in Colorado. It took effect at Jul 29, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 28 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 28, 2014, 1:37 PM MDT (19:37 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jul 29, 2014, 2:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2014, 5:58 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Adams County, CO, Arapahoe County, CO, Boulder County, CO, Broomfield County, CO, Clear Creek County, CO, Denver County, CO, Douglas County, CO, Elbert County, CO, Gilpin County, CO, Grand County, CO, Jackson County, CO, Jefferson County, CO, Larimer County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Morgan County, CO, Park County, CO, Summit County, CO, Washington County, CO, Weld County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:37 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 (KDEN), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 147 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -392 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1653 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -11 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
444 WGUS65 KBOU 281937 FFABOU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 137 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN LIKELY FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .MONSOON MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A MOIST EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL HELP TRIGGER THE SHOWERS AND STORMS...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS A SECOND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE STATE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER A FEW HOURS. COZ033>036-038>047-049-291100- /O.NEW.KBOU.FF.A.0004.140729T2000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK... FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER... GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON... CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 137 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY. IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY...LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY... CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES...CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET...MORGAN COUNTY...NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY...NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. * FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRAIN OR REFORM OVER THE SAME AREAS AND PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ROCK AND MUD SLIDES. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
8 follow-up statements
407 WGUS65 KBOU 281940 FFABOU URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 140 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN LIKELY FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .MONSOON MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A MOIST EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL HELP TRIGGER THE SHOWERS AND STORMS...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS A SECOND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE STATE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER A FEW HOURS. COZ037-291100- /O.EXA.KBOU.FF.A.0004.140729T2000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE... SOUTH PARK 140 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... * FLASH FLOOD WATCH TO INCLUDE A PORTION OF CENTRAL COLORADO... INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY. * FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRAIN OR REFORM OVER THE SAME AREAS AND PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ROCK AND MUD SLIDES. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$ COZ033>036-038>047-049-291100- /O.CON.KBOU.FF.A.0004.140729T2000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK... FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER... GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON... CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH... LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA... LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER... STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH... FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 140 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY. IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY...LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY...CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES...CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET...MORGAN COUNTY...NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY...NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. * FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRAIN OR REFORM OVER THE SAME AREAS AND PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ROCK AND MUD SLIDES. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
840 WGUS65 KBOU 290410 FFABOU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1010 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN LIKELY FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .MONSOON MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A MOIST EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL HELP TRIGGER THE SHOWERS AND STORMS...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS A SECOND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE STATE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE OVER A FEW HOURS. COZ033>047-049-291215- /O.CON.KBOU.FF.A.0004.140729T2000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1010 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY...JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY. IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY...LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY... CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES...CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET...MORGAN COUNTY...NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY...NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. * FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRAIN OR REFORM OVER THE SAME AREAS AND PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ROCK AND MUD SLIDES. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
988 WGUS65 KBOU 291127 FFABOU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 527 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD THREAT WILL INCREASE THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY... ...HEAVY RAIN LIKELY FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .MONSOON MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A MOIST EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL HELP TRIGGER THE SHOWERS AND STORMS...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS A SECOND UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE STATE. RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES WITH UP TO 3 INCHES POSSIBLE. IF A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HEAVIER RAINFALL DEVELOPS LATER TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING THIS COULD LEAD TO EVEN HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN SOME AREAS. COZ033>047-049-291930- /O.CON.KBOU.FF.A.0004.140729T2000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 527 AM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY...JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY. IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY...LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY... CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES...CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET...MORGAN COUNTY...NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY...NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. * FROM 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRAIN OR REFORM OVER THE SAME AREAS AND PRODUCE EVEN HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN A FEW AREAS. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ROCK AND MUD SLIDES. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED. && $$
561 WGUS65 KBOU 291952 FFABOU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 152 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING LIKELY FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A VERY MOIST AIRMASS...LIGHT WINDS ALOFT...AND A WEAK UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FOR AREAS IN AND NEAR THE FRONT RANGE WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WHILE ON THE PLAINS THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE OVERNIGHT TONIGHT. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. THERE WILL LIKELY BE AREAS WHERE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FOR SEVERAL HOURS...PRODUCING 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN OVER A LOCALIZED AREA IN A FEW HOURS. AT THIS TIME IT IS DIFFICULT TO PREDICT EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE THESE HEAVIER THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER TROUGH PASSES OVER THE STATE. THERE WILL STILL BE A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING...THOUGH THE RISK WILL BE LOWER ON WEDNESDAY THAN TONIGHT. COZ033>047-049-300600- /O.CON.KBOU.FF.A.0004.140729T2000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 152 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS FROM THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND MOSQUITO RANGE EASTWARD TO WELD...MORGAN...WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE STATIONARY OR REDEVELOP OVER THE SAME PLACES AND PRODUCE EVEN HIGHER RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER SMALLER AREAS. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS IS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ARE ALSO LIKELY IN THE FOOTHILLS. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE LOW LYING AREAS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. BE AWARE OF THE FLOODING DANGER TODAY...STAY OUT OF FLOODED AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. && GIMMESTAD $$
197 WGUS65 KBOU 300423 FFABOU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1023 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... .A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WITH LIGHT WINDS ALOFT WILL LINGER OVER THE AREA THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. ALTHOUGH THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING HAS DECREASED TONIGHT MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS ANOTHER TROUGH PASSES OVER THE STATE. THUS THERE WILL STILL BE A THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN AND SOME FLOODING...THOUGH THE RISK WILL BE LOWER THAN WHAT OCCURRED TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COZ033>047-049-301230- /O.CON.KBOU.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1023 PM MDT TUE JUL 29 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY...JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY. IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY...LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY... CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES...CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET...MORGAN COUNTY...NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY...NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY AND WASHINGTON COUNTY. * THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS FROM ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OVERNIGHT. ANOTHER ROUND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED ON WEDNESDAY WHICH MAY LEAD TO SOME ADDITONAL HEAVY RAINFALL. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY OCCUR IN A FEW LOCATIONS AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY. ROCK AND MUD SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE LOW LYING AREAS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. BE AWARE OF THE FLOODING DANGER TODAY...STAY OUT OF FLOODED AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. && $$
803 WGUS65 KBOU 301235 FFABOU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 635 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...FLASH FLOODING STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS TODAY... .A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WITH LIGHT WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA TODAY. WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES THUNDERSTORMS WILL NOT BE AS INTENSE...AND MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS. HOWEVER SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL EXPECTED AND IT WILL NOT TAKE AS MUCH RAIN TO CAUSE FLOODING TODAY. THE GREATEST THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY. COZ033>047-049-310000- /O.CON.KBOU.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO... LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER... AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 635 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS FROM THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND MOSQUITO RANGE EASTWARD TO WELD...MORGAN...WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING...LIKELY DECREASING THIS AFTERNOON. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER HALF AN INCH...BUT LOCALIZED HEAVIER RAINFALLS OF AN INCH OR TWO OVER A COUPLE OF HOURS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY OCCUR IN A FEW LOCATIONS AGAIN TODAY. ROCK AND MUD SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE LOW LYING AREAS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. BE AWARE OF THE FLOODING DANGER TODAY...STAY OUT OF FLOODED AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. && $$ GIMMESTAD
886 WGUS65 KBOU 301819 FFABOU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1219 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN STILL POSSIBLE FOR THE FRONT RANGE THIS AFTERNOON... .A VERY MOIST AIRMASS WITH LIGHT WINDS ALOFT WILL REMAIN OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON. MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION WILL FALL AS LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS. HOWEVER SOME AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL EXPECTED AND IT WILL NOT TAKE AS MUCH RAIN TO CAUSE FLOODING TODAY. THE GREATEST THREAT IS EXPECTED TO BE IN AND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS WHERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOST LIKELY. IN AREAS EAST OF FORT MORGAN DRIER AIR WILL LIMIT SHOWER ACTIVITY...SO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED THERE. COZ044-049-301930- /O.CAN.KBOU.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ MORGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH... WIGGINS...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS 1219 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTHEAST COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. SCATTERED SHOWERS MAY DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE...BUT THE FLASH FLOOD RISK IS NOW LOW. $$ COZ033>043-045>047-310000- /O.CON.KBOU.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 1219 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO. THE WATCH INCLUDES AREAS FROM THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS AND MOSQUITO RANGE EASTWARD TO WELD...ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...ELBERT AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. * UNTIL 6 PM MDT THIS EVENING * WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS AFTERNOON. GENERAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE UNDER HALF AN INCH...BUT LOCALIZED HEAVIER RAINFALLS OF AN INCH OR TWO OVER A COUPLE OF HOURS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. * FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY OCCUR IN A FEW LOCATIONS AGAIN TODAY. ROCK AND MUD SLIDES WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE FOOTHILLS. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE LATEST WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE LOW LYING AREAS AND MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP OR A WARNING BE ISSUED. BE AWARE OF THE FLOODING DANGER TODAY...STAY OUT OF FLOODED AREAS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS. && $$ GIMMESTAD
260 WGUS65 KBOU 302358 FFABOU FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 558 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...OVERALL FLOOD THREAT LOWER... .DRYER AIR IS MOVING INTO NORTHEAST COLORADO...AND SHOWERS ON THE PLAINS HAVE BEEN STEADILY WEAKENING THIS AFTERNOON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING OFF THE FOOTHILLS...BUT RAINFALL RATES WILL BE CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN WE SAY TUESDAY. COZ033>043-045>047-310100- /O.CAN.KBOU.FF.A.0004.000000T0000Z-140731T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS... LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE... ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS... BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE... EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL... INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS... WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY... NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY... EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY... HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...FORT COLLINS...HEREFORD... LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...LAKEWOOD... LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER... DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON... PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR... BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON... FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL... LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL... KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER 558 PM MDT WED JUL 30 2014 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CANCELLED... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THERE WILL STILL BE SOME RAIN FROM SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING...ESPECIALLY THE FOOTHILLS...THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND THE PLAINS FROM WELD COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH ELBERT COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES OF A QUARTER INCH IN A HALF HOUR ARE POSSIBLE. $$
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood watch 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 flash flood watch went out at Jul 28, 9:46 AM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 9:46 AM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 946 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 946 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES THIS MORNING WILL ALLOW FOR GOOD HEATING THIS MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON. SLIGHTLY DRIER AIR MOVED IN AT THE LOWER LEVELS TO PREVENT LOW CLOUDS...THOUGH THE AIRMASS IS STILL MOIST WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES AROUND ONE INCH. BECAUSE OF THE SUNNY SKIES...MAY NEED TO BUMP TEMPERATURES UP A COUPLE OF DEGREES. THIS MAY LEAD TO BECOMING A LITTLE MORE UNSTABLE AND ADDITIONAL STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. CURRENT FORECAST IS ON TRACK AND PLAN ON ONLY MAKING MINOR ADJUSTMENTS. LATEST MODELS CONTINUE TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY. MOST MODELS SHOWING WIDESPREAD 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN. EXPECT POCKETS OF EVEN HEAVIER RAINFALL DUE TO THUNDERSTORMS. THERE IS SOME UNCERTAINTY WHEN THE RAIN WILL END...COULD BE EARLY TO LATE WEDNESDAY. THE FLASH FLOODING THREAT IS STILL LOOKING HIGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY. && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT ) ISSUED AT 420 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 TODAY IS SHAPING UP TO BE SIMILAR TO YESTERDAY. OVERALL WEATHER PATTERN HAS CHANGED VERY LITTLE WITH LIGHT NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ON PERIPHERY OF UPPER RIDGE TO OUR EAST. AT THE LOW LEVELS...SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES AND WEAK TROUGH EXTENDING FROM THE FRONT RANGE NORTHWARD INTO SOUTHERN WYOMING WILL KEEP MOIST LOW LEVEL SOUTHEAST FLOW IN PLACE. A WEAK DENVER CYCLONE THIS MORNING IS EXPECTED TO GRADUALLY ERODE...BUT DEPENDING ON POSSIBLE STRATUS DEVELOPMENT IT COULD HOLD THROUGH THE DAY AS ANY DIFFERENTIAL HEATING WOULD ENHANCE CYCLONE. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES HAVE INCREASED TO AROUND 1.1 TO 1.25 INCHES ON THE PLAINS...BUT MOST SHORT RANGE MODELS SUGGEST SOME MID LEVEL DRYING COMING INTO FROM THE NORTHWEST LATER TODAY. AS A RESULT...PW VALUES BY AFTERNOON SHOULD BE SIMILAR TO THOSE SEEN YESTERDAY. CAPE VALUES WILL BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AS SURFACE DEWPOINTS IN THE MID/UPPER 50S AND HIGHS IN THE MID 80S WOULD YIELD CAPES OF 1000-1500 J/KG. WITH LACK OF SHEAR AND SKINNY CAPE PROFILE...SEVERE THREAT WOULD BE LOW BUT LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED FROM STORMS...SEE HYDRO SECTION BELOW. ALSO CONCERNED THAT CAP MAY BE A LITTLE STRONGER WITH SLIGHT WARMING ALOFT...SO NOT ENTIRELY SURE WE WILL SEE WIDESPREAD CONVECTION ON THE PLAINS. HIGHEST PROBABILITY CERTAINLY ALONG THE FRONT RANGE MOUNTAINS/FOOTHILLS/PARK COUNTY AREA WHERE CAP WILL BE BROKEN. FOR TONIGHT...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE THROUGH A GOOD CHUNK OF THE EVENING BEFORE DECREASING AS MOIST AIRMASS SLOWLY GETS WORKED OVER. A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS COULD ACTUALLY LINGER THROUGH THE NIGHT WITH LOW/MID LEVEL FLOW TURNING WEAK UPSLOPE LATE AND WEAK Q-G FORCING REMAINS OVERHEAD. .LONG TERM...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 420 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 INCREASING CONCERN ABOUT HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT FOR LATE TUESDAY INTO EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THERE HAS BEEN SOME FLIP FLOPPING BETWEEN THE MODELS ON THE POSITION OF THE SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCING...WITH SOME MODELS FOCUSED FROM LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES ACROSS NORTHEASTERN COLORADO AND OTHERS FROM OUR SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS INTO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO. BUT THERE IS PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT ON A WIDE SWATH OF 1 TO 3 INCH RAIN AMOUNTS IN ABOUT AN 18 HOUR PERIOD. BIGGEST CONCERN HOWEVER IS THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVIER RAINFALL AMOUNTS PRODUCED BY TERRAIN FOCUS...CONVECTION ON STATIONARY BOUNDARIES...OR TRAINING WITHIN THE LARGER RAIN BAND. WIND AND THERMODYNAMIC PROFILES LOOK TUESDAY EVENING LOOK REALLY FAVORABLE FOR STATIONARY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS. DEEP MEAN WIND IS LIGHT AND PERHAPS A LITTLE EASTERLY...WITH STRONGER LOW LEVEL EASTERLIES AT THE SURFACE. THIS IS FAVORABLE FOR BOTH BACK BUILDING STORMS AND TERRAIN ANCHORING ON THE FOOTHILLS. IF CONVECTION GETS ORGANIZED ALONG THE FOOTHILLS THIS COULD PRODUCE A STATIONARY BOUNDARY PRODUCING REPEATED CONVECTION MOVING FROM THE BASE OF THE FOOTHILLS OR FURTHER EAST UP ACROSS THE FOOTHILLS. PRECIPITABLE WATER IS NOT EXTREME BUT IS QUITE SUFFICIENT FOR HEAVY RAIN RATES...PROBABLY AROUND 1.25 INCHES. SAME STORY FOR CAPE...DEEP SKINNY CAPE AROUND 500 J/KG...MAYBE AS MUCH AS 1000 J/KG WITH SOME OF THE EARLY CONVECTION. WARM CLOUD DEPTH IS ABOUT AS GREAT AS WE GET...UP TO AROUND 8000 FEET BY TUESDAY EVENING...SO WARM RAIN PROCESSES WILL BOOST PRECIPITATION EFFICIENCY ESPECIALLY IN A BROADLY SATURATED ENVIRONMENT. WOULD NOT BE SURPRISED TO SEE SEVERAL AREAS WITH 1 TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RAIN AMOUNTS THAT SUSTAIN FOR SEVERAL HOURS. A LITTLE EARLY FOR A WATCH YET...THERE MAY BE MORE CLARITY ON THE POSITION AND TIMING LATER TODAY...BUT WE WILL BE HIGHLIGHTING THE THREAT IN OUR PRODUCTS THIS MORNING. WEDNESDAY WILL LIKELY BE FAIRLY PLACID AFTER THE MAIN RAIN AREA EXITS. ECMWF IS SLOWER TO DO THAT...KEEPING SOME SIGNIFICANT RAIN INTO THE MORNING. WILL LEAVE SOME SUBSTANTIAL POPS...BUT THINK THE MAIN EVENT WILL BE OVER BEFORE WEDNESDAY MORNING. FOR THE REST OF THE PERIOD...SOME TEMPERATURE RECOVERY BUT LOW LEVELS REMAIN RELATIVELY COOL AS THE NNW FLOW CONTINUES. PROBABLY SOME MINOR RIPPLES IN THE FLOW THAT WILL MODULATE CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY...BUT OVERALL PROBABLY SCATTERED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND ISOLATED LATE DAY STORMS WITH MARGINAL TEMPERATURES ON THE PLAINS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 946 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES ARE EXPECTED TO PREVAIL INTO THE AFTERNOON. THUNDERSTORMS WILL START TO FORM OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS AROUND 18Z AND THEN SPREAD EASTWARD. BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS WILL BE 21Z TO 02Z AT THE DENVER AIRPORTS. MAIN THREATS FROM THE STORMS WILL BE HEAVY RAIN AND OUTFLOW WINDS TO 40 KNOTS. LIGHT WINDS THIS MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO TURN SOUTHEASTERLY AFTER 18Z. WIND DIRECTION WILL SHIFT A FEW TIMES TODAY DUE TO OUTFLOW FROM CONVECTION. THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR LOW CLOUDS LATE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING...MAINLY 11Z TO 16Z. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 420 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 TODAY WILL FEATURE A SIMILAR SETUP TO YESTERDAY. PRECIPITABLE WATER VALUES EXPECTED TO RANGE FROM 1.0 TO 1.25 INCHES FROM THE FOOTHILLS ONTO THE NEARBY ADJACENT PLAINS...AND WARM CLOUD DEPTH SHOWN TO BE NEAR 5000 FT. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL OCCUR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...STRONGER STORMS WOULD PRODUCE 1 INCH IN 20-30 MINUTES. COLD POOL INTERACTION WITH INFLOW AND VERY WEAK FLOW ALOFT WOULD LIKELY RESULT IN VERY SLOW MOVING STORMS TODAY SO ISOLATED STRONGEST STORMS WOULD PRODUCE 2 INCHES IN AN HOUR. FLASH FLOOD PRONE AREAS SUCH AS BURN SCARS AND URBAN AREAS COULD SEE FLOODING ISSUES FROM THE ISOLATED STRONGEST STORMS. FLASH FLOOD RISK IS LOOKING HIGH FOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT. TOO EARLY TO PICK THE FOCUS...THOUGH AREAS IN AND NEAR THE FOOTHILLS ARE MOST LIKELY. A WIDESPREAD INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES POSSIBLE WHERE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH ONE TO TWO INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL RATES DEVELOP. HEAVY RAIN MAY BE WIDESPREAD ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLOODING ON LARGER CREEKS AND THE SOUTH PLATTE RIVER. FOR LATER IN THE WEEK AND THE WEEKEND THERE WILL STILL BE SOME RISK OF HEAVY RAINFALL...BUT THE FLOOD RISK WILL BE LOWER DUE TO SOME DRYING AND REDUCED THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...MEIER SHORT TERM...BARJENBRUCH LONG TERM...GIMMESTAD AVIATION...MEIER HYDROLOGY...BARJENBRUCH/GIMMESTAD
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 28, 10:16 AM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1016 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 COZ030>051-291630- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1016 AM MDT MON JUL 28 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA AGAIN TODAY. STORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS LATE THIS MORNING AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD DURING THE AFTERNOON. ON THE PLAINS...ISOLATED TO SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BY MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. SOME STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ONE INCH OF RAIN IN 20 TO 30 MINUTES. THE STRONGER OR SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY PRODUCE 2 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR LESS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME FLOODING...ESPECIALLY IN BURN SCARS OR URBAN AREAS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME NUMEROUS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE MUCH OF WEDNESDAY. AREAS OF HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED...WITH POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. THE EXACT LOCATION AND TIMING OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS UNCERTAIN...BUT A LARGE AREA COULD RECEIVE OVER AN INCH OF RAIN WITH LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF SEVERAL INCHES WHERE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP. THE GREATEST THREAT APPEARS TO BE IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS FROM NEAR CHEYENNE SOUTH TO PUEBLO. FROM THURSDAY INTO THE WEEKEND...SLIGHTLY WARMER AND DRIER CONDITIONS CAN BE EXPECTED...THOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL STILL BE BELOW NORMAL. THE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ON THE DECREASE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. HOWEVER...ANY REPORTS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Douglas, Elbert | 94 min |
| Jul 27, 6:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 97 min |
| Jul 27, 11:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Lincoln | 114 min |
| Jul 28, 1:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Grand, Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 3:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Weld | 25 min |
| Jul 28, 4:02 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | BOU | Adams, Denver | 28 min |
| Jul 28, 4:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Denver | 3 hr |
| Jul 28, 4:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams | 2 hr |
| Jul 28, 5:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams | 113 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.