Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2021, 4:16 PM MDT for Grand 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
- Jul 30, 2021, 4:16 PM MDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Grand County, CO
The radar
The Denver radar (KFTG), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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
Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 237 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -252 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1537 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
115
WGUS55 KBOU 302216
FFWBOU
COC049-310115-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0049.210730T2216Z-210731T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
416 PM MDT Fri Jul 30 2021
The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
North Central Grand County in north central Colorado...
* Until 715 PM MDT.
* At 416 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.2 and 0.5 inches of
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 2 inches
are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or
expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, gulches,
roads, and poor drainage and low-lying areas.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of North Central Grand County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Heavy Rainfall will cause flash flooding of small creeks, streams,
and ditches in the East Troublesome burn area. Some areas affected
include the East Troublesome Creek valley. Rock slides or debris
flows can also be expected across rural roads.
&&
LAT...LON 4032 10621 4033 10619 4034 10617 4034 10616
4033 10615 4033 10614 4034 10612 4034 10609
4028 10613 4021 10613 4014 10620 4015 10629
4024 10628
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
Danielson1 follow-up statement
270
WGUS75 KBOU 310106
FFSBOU
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
706 PM MDT Fri Jul 30 2021
COC049-310116-
/O.EXP.KBOU.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-210731T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Grand CO-
706 PM MDT Fri Jul 30 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
NORTH CENTRAL GRAND COUNTY...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT Saturday for
Portions of central and north central Colorado.
LAT...LON 4032 10621 4033 10619 4034 10617 4034 10616
4033 10615 4033 10614 4034 10612 4034 10609
4028 10613 4021 10613 4014 10620 4015 10629
4024 10628
$$
DanielsonThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Grand | 83 min |
| Jul 29, 7:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Grand | 93 min |
| Jul 29, 7:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Jackson, Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Grand | 112 min |
| Jul 29, 9:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Jackson | 28 min |
| Jul 29, 10:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 86 min |
| Jul 30, 1:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 7 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 6 min |
| Jul 30, 1:14 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:07 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Clear Creek, Grand | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 2:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 87 min |
| Jul 30, 2:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Grand | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Grand | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Larimer | 43 min |
| Jul 30, 3:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 3:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Grand | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 61 min |
| Jul 30, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Larimer, Weld | 49 min |
| Jul 30, 4:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Park | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 4 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jul 30, 5:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Grand | 99 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.