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River Flood Advisory 5, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

May 27, 2014Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this river flood advisory at May 27, 2014, 10:13 AM MDT for Weld County, Colorado. It was in force for 7 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 27, 2014, 10:13 AM MDT (16:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2014, 10:00 AM MDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Weld County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point South Platte River near Kersey (KERC2).

Action stage: 8 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 11.5 ft
Major stage: 13.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

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

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood advisory 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 river flood advisory went out at May 26, 3:28 PM MDT, 18 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:28 PM MDT, 18 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 26, 7:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Larimer, Weld	24 hr
May 27, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Weld	49 min

Nearby

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