Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
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.
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, 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.
- 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
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
$$
Gimmestad1 follow-up statement
791
WGUS75 KBOU 010910
FFSBOU
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
310 AM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
COC123-011000-
/O.CON.KBOU.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-210701T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Weld CO-
310 AM MDT Thu Jul 1 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 AM MDT EARLY THIS
MORNING FOR CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...
At 310 AM MDT, rain had ended across the warned area. Between 2 and
4 inches of rain fell in the area 10 to 15 miles east of Barnesville.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, gulches,
roads, and poor drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Central Weld County east of Barnesville
along County Road 68.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Sanborn Draw.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Be aware of your surroundings and do not drive on flooded roads.
Excessive runoff from this storm will cause flash flooding of small
creeks and streams, country roads, farmland along creeks, and other
low lying areas.
&&
LAT...LON 4047 10433 4052 10427 4049 10419 4043 10417
4039 10429
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
GimmestadThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 115 min |
| Jun 30, 8:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Weld | 3 hr |
| Jun 30, 10:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Weld | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 8:46 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Clear Creek, Denver and 7 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 1, 11:27 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Elbert | 93 min |
| Jul 1, 11:49 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 116 min |
| Jul 1, 11:51 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 84 min |
| Jul 1, 12:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Clear Creek, Gilpin | 86 min |
| Jul 1, 12:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Elbert | 114 min |
| Jul 1, 12:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Weld | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 12:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 92 min |
| Jul 1, 12:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 30 min |
| Jul 1, 12:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Adams | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 12:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Grand | 92 min |
| Jul 1, 1:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Weld | 85 min |
| Jul 1, 1:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 93 min |
| Jul 1, 1:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Douglas | 95 min |
| Jul 1, 1:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Weld | 2 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Grand | 87 min |
| Jul 1, 1:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Elbert | 95 min |
| Jul 1, 2:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Adams, Arapahoe | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Arapahoe | 21 min |
| Jul 1, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 2:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Boulder, Larimer | 83 min |
| Jul 1, 3:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Arapahoe | 86 min |
| Jul 1, 3:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 114 min |
| Jul 1, 3:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Boulder | 88 min |
| Jul 1, 3:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Arapahoe | 114 min |
| Jul 1, 3:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Boulder | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 3:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 84 min |
| Jul 1, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Arapahoe, Denver | 95 min |
| Jul 1, 4:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Boulder | 87 min |
| Jul 1, 4:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Jefferson | 93 min |
| Jul 1, 4:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Jefferson | 84 min |
| Jul 1, 4:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Larimer | 93 min |
| Jul 1, 5:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Park | 86 min |
| Jul 1, 5:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Jefferson, Park | 93 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.