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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 1, 2021Weld County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2021, 12:56 AM MDT for Weld 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 1, 2021, 12:56 AM MDT (06:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2021, 4:00 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Weld County, CO

The radar

The Denver radar (KFTG), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 2021-07-01Temperature 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 2021-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -4 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

424 
WGUS55 KBOU 010656
FFWBOU
COC123-011000-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0009.210701T0656Z-210701T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
1256 AM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Central Weld County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 400 AM MDT.

* At 1256 AM MDT, Doppler radar indicated stationary thunderstorms 
  producing heavy rain 10 miles east of Barnesville. Between 2 and 3 
  inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 1 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 Central Weld County along County Road 68 
  east of Barnesville.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Sanborn Draw.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

Excessive runoff from this storm will cause flash flooding of small 
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland along creeks, and other 
low lying areas.

&&

LAT...LON 4047 10433 4052 10427 4049 10419 4043 10417
      4039 10429

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Gimmestad
1 follow-up statement
791 
WGUS75 KBOU 010910
FFSBOU

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
310 AM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

COC123-011000-
/O.CON.KBOU.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210701T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Weld CO-
310 AM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MDT EARLY THIS 
MORNING FOR CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...

At 310 AM MDT, rain had ended across the warned area. Between 2 and 
4 inches of rain fell in the area 10 to 15 miles east of Barnesville.

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 Central Weld County east of Barnesville 
  along County Road 68.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Sanborn Draw.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.

Excessive runoff from this storm will cause flash flooding of small 
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland along creeks, and other 
low lying areas.

&&

LAT...LON 4047 10433 4052 10427 4049 10419 4043 10417
      4039 10429

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

Gimmestad

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 8:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld115 min
Jun 30, 8:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld3 hr
Jun 30, 10:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld3 hr
Jul 1, 8:46 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchBOUAdams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 7 more12 hr
Jul 1, 11:27 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert93 min
Jul 1, 11:49 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOULarimer116 min
Jul 1, 11:51 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld84 min
Jul 1, 12:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUClear Creek, Gilpin86 min
Jul 1, 12:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert114 min
Jul 1, 12:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld2 hr
Jul 1, 12:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld92 min
Jul 1, 12:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams30 min
Jul 1, 12:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUAdams34 min
Jul 1, 12:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUGrand92 min
Jul 1, 1:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Weld85 min
Jul 1, 1:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUWeld93 min
Jul 1, 1:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUDouglas95 min
Jul 1, 1:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUWeld2 hr
Jul 1, 1:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUGrand87 min
Jul 1, 1:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUElbert95 min
Jul 1, 2:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUAdams, Arapahoe3 hr
Jul 1, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUArapahoe21 min
Jul 1, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBOUArapahoe34 min
Jul 1, 2:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUBoulder, Larimer83 min
Jul 1, 3:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUArapahoe86 min
Jul 1, 3:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOULarimer114 min
Jul 1, 3:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUBoulder88 min
Jul 1, 3:21 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUArapahoe114 min
Jul 1, 3:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementBOUBoulder24 min
Jul 1, 3:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer84 min
Jul 1, 3:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUArapahoe, Denver95 min
Jul 1, 4:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUBoulder87 min
Jul 1, 4:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUJefferson93 min
Jul 1, 4:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningBOUJefferson84 min
Jul 1, 4:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOULarimer93 min
Jul 1, 5:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUPark86 min
Jul 1, 5:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBOUJefferson, Park93 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.