Alert archive / Colorado / Flash Flood Warnings in 2023
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 2023, 2:05 PM MDT for Larimer 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
- Jun 7, 2023, 2:05 PM MDT (20:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2023, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Larimer County, CO
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
505
WGUS55 KBOU 072005
FFWBOU
COC069-072315-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0013.230607T2005Z-230607T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Denver CO
205 PM MDT Wed Jun 7 2023
The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
The Cameron Peak burn scar in...
Central Larimer County in north central Colorado...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 205 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Cameron Peak Burn
Scar. Up to 0.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall
amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash
flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around
the Cameron Peak Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the Cameron Peak Burn
Scar.
* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rustic.
This includes the following additional locations...
Gulches along Highway 14 near and above Rustic, Pingree Hill,
Goodell Corner and Bellaire Lake.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
South Lone Pine Creek, Manhattan Creek, Elkhorn Creek, Columbine
Creek, and Dry 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 4067 10550 4071 10549 4076 10553 4079 10560
4079 10565 4076 10567 4068 10562 4068 10559
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
$$
Hiris2 follow-up statements
506
WGUS75 KBOU 072118
FFSBOU
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
318 PM MDT Wed Jun 7 2023
COC069-072315-
/O.CON.KBOU.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230607T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Larimer CO-
318 PM MDT Wed Jun 7 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CAMERON PEAK BURN SCAR REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY...
At 318 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated
thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Cameron Peak Burn Scar.
Between 0.2 and 1 inch of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing
or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around the
Cameron Peak Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.
IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the Cameron Peak Burn
Scar.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Rustic.
This includes the following additional locations...
Gulches along Highway 14 near and above Rustic, Pingree Hill,
Goodell Corner and Bellaire Lake.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
South Lone Pine Creek, Manhattan Creek, Elkhorn Creek, Columbine
Creek, and Dry Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
Heavy Rainfall will cause flash flooding of small creeks, streams,
and ditches in the affected part of the Cameron Peak burn area. Rock
slides or debris flows can also be expected across rural roads.
&&
LAT...LON 4067 10550 4071 10549 4076 10553 4079 10560
4079 10565 4076 10567 4068 10562 4068 10559
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
$$
Hiris033
WGUS75 KBOU 072314
FFSBOU
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Denver CO
514 PM MDT Wed Jun 7 2023
COC069-072324-
/O.EXP.KBOU.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-230607T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Larimer CO-
514 PM MDT Wed Jun 7 2023
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CAMERON PEAK BURN SCAR WILL EXPIRE AT
515 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY...
The heaviest rain has ended, with light rain continuing across the
area for the next hour or two. Flooding is no longer expected to
pose a threat. Please continue to heed any road closures.
A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 900 PM MDT for portions
of central and north central Colorado.
LAT...LON 4067 10550 4071 10549 4076 10553 4079 10560
4079 10565 4076 10567 4068 10562 4068 10559
$$
HirisThe office that day
Everything else NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 84 min |
| Jun 6, 6:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BOU | Weld | 118 min |
| Jun 7, 2:35 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | BOU | Boulder, Clear Creek, Gilpin, Grand, Jackson, Jefferson and 3 more | 17 hr |
| Jun 7, 12:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 1:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Grand | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:11 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 3:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Broomfield | 25 min |
| Jun 7, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | BOU | Gilpin, Jefferson | 27 min |
| Jun 7, 4:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | BOU | Larimer | 3 hr |
| Jun 7, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Boulder | 42 min |
| Jun 7, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | BOU | Boulder | 30 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.