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Flash Flood Warning 67, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

August 6, 2021Larimer County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2021, 6:53 PM MDT for Larimer County, Colorado. It was in force for 2 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 6, 2021, 6:53 PM MDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2021, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Larimer County, CO

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 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, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 230 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 2021-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2021-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -32 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3329 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

531 
WGUS55 KBOU 070053
FFWBOU
COC069-070315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0067.210807T0053Z-210807T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
653 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a

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

* Until 915 PM MDT.

* At 653 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across 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...
  Kinikinik, Rustic, Pingree Park, Chambers Lake, Red Feather Lakes 
  and Pennock Pass.

This includes the following additional locations...
Monument Gulch, Jacks Gulch, Upper Pingree Park Road, Lower Pingree 
Park Road, Sky Ranch, Gulches along Highway 14 near and above 
Rustic, Rising water and large debris in the Poudre River, Pingree 
Hill, Goodell Corner, Bellaire Lake, Crown Point Road, The Upper 
Poudre Canyon, The Laramie River Road near Chambers Lake, Long Draw 
Road and Remote areas in the Cameron Peak Wilderness.

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 4052 10588 4072 10596 4084 10553 4059 10543
      4052 10587

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$
1 follow-up statement
736 
WGUS75 KBOU 070311
FFSBOU

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
911 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021

COC069-070321-
/O.EXP.KBOU.FF.W.0067.000000T0000Z-210807T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Larimer CO-
911 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 4052 10588 4072 10596 4084 10553 4059 10543
      4052 10587

$$

Cooper

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULogan45 min
Aug 6, 6:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUJackson36 min
Aug 6, 7:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULarimer24 min
Aug 6, 7:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer2 hr
Aug 6, 10:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer84 min
Aug 7, 1:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOULincoln52 min
Aug 7, 1:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUElbert, Lincoln42 min
Aug 7, 2:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOULincoln33 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.