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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 2, 2021Larimer County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2021, 6:26 PM MDT for Larimer County, Colorado. It was in force for 116 min. 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 2, 2021, 6:26 PM MDT (00:26 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2021, 8:22 PM MDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Larimer County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:28 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 (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 217 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 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3072 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

751 
WGUS55 KBOU 030026
FFWBOU
COC069-030330-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0064.210803T0026Z-210803T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
626 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southwestern Larimer County in north central Colorado...

* Until 930 PM MDT.

* At 626 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 0.75 inches of 
  rain has fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 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...
  Pingree Park.

This includes the following additional locations...
	Poudre Springs and Sky Ranch.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  South Fork Cache La Poudre River, Pennock Creek, Little Beaver 
  Creek and Fall Creek.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.

Heavy Rainfall will cause flash flooding of small creeks, streams, 
and ditches in the affected part of the Cameron Peak burn area. Rock 
slides or debris flows can also be expected across rural roads.

&&

LAT...LON 4062 10564 4061 10556 4056 10555 4055 10560
      4055 10564

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

RPK
1 follow-up statement
912 
WGUS75 KBOU 030222
FFSBOU

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
822 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

COC069-030232-
/O.CAN.KBOU.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210803T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Larimer CO-
822 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN LARIMER 
COUNTY...

Flood waters have receded. 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 1000 PM MDT for Portions 
of central and north central Colorado.

LAT...LON 4062 10564 4061 10556 4056 10555 4055 10560
      4055 10564

$$

RPK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 3:41 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchBOUBoulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more18 hr
Aug 3, 8:10 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUGrand3 hr
Aug 3, 2:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUDouglas, Jefferson113 min
Aug 3, 2:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUElbert2 hr
Aug 3, 3:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Elbert87 min
Aug 3, 4:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUAdams, Arapahoe115 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.