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Flood Watch 9, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

July 20, 2023Elbert County, Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO issued this flood watch at Jul 20, 2023, 3:02 AM MDT for Elbert County, Lincoln County, Washington County, Colorado. It took effect at Jul 20, 2023, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 20, 2023, 3:02 AM MDT (09:02 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 20, 2023, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired: Jul 21, 2023, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 10 hr
Issued by: NWS Denver/Boulder, CO
Flood severity: None

Counties Elbert County, CO, Lincoln County, CO, Washington County, CO

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flood watch went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Denver/Boulder, CO wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flood watch went out at Jul 20, 12:14 AM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 12:14 AM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 20, 7:38 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Washington	52 min
Jul 20, 8:09 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Washington	51 min
Jul 20, 9:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan, Weld	47 min
Jul 20, 9:47 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Logan, Weld	3 hr
Jul 20, 10:10 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Logan	50 min
Jul 20, 10:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Logan	41 min
Jul 20, 12:23 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Larimer	3 hr
Jul 20, 1:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Larimer	3 hr
Jul 20, 1:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Arapahoe	41 min
Jul 20, 1:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe	32 min
Jul 20, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Douglas, Elbert	40 min
Jul 20, 2:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Douglas, Elbert	3 hr
Jul 20, 2:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Morgan	25 min
Jul 20, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Elbert	50 min
Jul 20, 2:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Morgan, Washington	49 min
Jul 20, 3:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	BOU	Elbert	52 min
Jul 20, 3:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Elbert	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Jefferson	25 min
Jul 20, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	51 min
Jul 20, 3:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	BOU	Grand	117 min
Jul 20, 4:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Denver, Douglas, Jefferson	44 min
Jul 20, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	38 min
Jul 20, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Morgan, Washington	32 min
Jul 20, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	BOU	Lincoln	50 min
Jul 20, 4:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams	52 min
Jul 20, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	47 min
Jul 20, 4:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Elbert, Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 20, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	BOU	Washington	46 min
Jul 20, 5:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Morgan, Washington	3 hr
Jul 20, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Adams, Arapahoe, Washington	50 min
Jul 20, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Lincoln	15 min
Jul 20, 5:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BOU	Adams, Morgan	3 hr
Jul 20, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Washington	47 min
Jul 20, 5:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BOU	Arapahoe, Elbert, Lincoln, Washington	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.