Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017

Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 15, 2017Lincoln County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2017, 6:09 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Colorado. It was in force for 3 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
Aug 15, 2017, 6:09 PM MDT (00:09 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 2017, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lincoln County, CO

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 88 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 2017-08-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 467 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 2017-08-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -37 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
467 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

232 
WGUS55 KBOU 160009
FFWBOU
COC073-160300-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0009.170816T0009Z-170816T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
609 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 2017

The National Weather Service in Denver Colorado has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Lincoln County in east central Colorado...

* Until 900 PM MDT

* At 605 PM MDT, local law enforcement officials reported flooding 
  of fields and roads to the west of Hugo. Between two and three 
  inches of rain has already fallen from thunderstorms early this 
  evening. The ground was already moist from rainfall over the past 
  several days. Another thunderstorm is approaching the area with 
  another inch of rain expected. 

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Hugo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland, and other low lying 
spots. Big Sandy Creek will be the most prone to flooding as it 
flows past Hugo and to the southeast. 

&&

LAT...LON 3905 10371 3922 10370 3923 10333 3903 10334

$$

DANKERS
1 follow-up statement
959 
WGUS75 KBOU 160153
FFSBOU

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
753 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 2017

COC073-160157-
/O.CAN.KBOU.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170816T0300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lincoln CO-
753 PM MDT TUE AUG 15 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IS CANCELLED...

The thunderstorms with heavy rain to the west of Hugo have moved off 
to the east and southeast. The flooding of fields and county roads 
that was reported earlier has ended. Additional flooding is not 
expected to pose a threat. Howerver, drivers should continue to use 
caution while traveling to the west of Hugo, and should heed any 
remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3905 10371 3922 10370 3923 10333 3903 10334

$$

DANKERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 15, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln46 min
Aug 15, 6:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan66 min
Aug 15, 7:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUMorgan47 min
Aug 15, 7:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld93 min
Aug 15, 7:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams49 min
Aug 15, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUPhillips, Sedgwick63 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in Colorado, 2017Every flash flood warning in 2017

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.