Spring runoff from an above normal snowpack continued to cause river flooding along the Cache la Poudre River. Road closures around Greeley included: Fifth Street from State Highway 85 to Fifth Avenue; 6th Avenue from Poudre Bridge to Third Street; 25th Avenue from F Street to O Street; 71st Avenue at the Poudre River; 83rd Avenue at the Poudre River; and 95th Avenue at the Poudre River.
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The episode as NWS BOU wrote it up.
Spring runoff from an above normal snowpack continued to cause river flooding along the Cache la Poudre River. Road closures around Greeley included: Fifth Street from State Highway 85 to Fifth Avenue; 6th Avenue from Poudre Bridge to Third Street; 25th Avenue from F Street to O Street; 71st Avenue at the Poudre River; 83rd Avenue at the Poudre River; and 95th Avenue at the Poudre River. Building inspectors estimated 11 homes and 12 businesses were damaged by flooding. Several parks and trails along the river were also closed.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at May 31, 7:18 PM MST, 4 hours 42 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 818 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 816 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 LINGERING SHOWERS & STORMS REMAIN NR THE WY-NE BORDER AND OVER LINCOLN COUNTY. THIS ACITVITY SHOULD GRADUALLY END BEFORE MIDNIGHT. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH SUNDAY) ISSUED AT 317 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN ISOLATED SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON AS MOST OF THE ACTIVITY HAS DIMINISHED ONCE DRIFTING OFF THE FOOTHILLS...EXCEPT OVER PALMER DIVIDE. STILL SOME CIN TO OVERCOME AND NEED LOWER 80S TO DISSOLVE IT ALL. LATEST ACARS SOUNDINGS INDICATE ABOUT 1000 J/KG OF CAPE AVAILABLE OVER DENVER. STILL AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM POSSIBLE WITH SUFFICIENT CAPES AND INCREASING MID LEVEL FLOW. MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS TO 60 MPH. THERE WILL BE INCREASING ASCENT NOTED ON QG FIELDS AS 90KT JET NOSES INTO COLORADO TONIGHT. THIS SHOULD KEEP THE THREAT FOR STORMS GOING MUCH OF THE NIGHT AND INTO SUNDAY MORNING. AS THE TROF MOVES EAST THERE WILL BE A DRIER SOUTHWEST FLOW INTO COLORADO AS SURFACE MOISTURE ALSO SCOURS OUT ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE CONFINED TO THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY) ISSUED AT 317 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 SLIGHTLY COOLER AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE AREA AS THE TROUGH MOVES EAST INTO THE GREAT PLAINS AND A SURFACE LOW OVER THE KS/CO BORDER MOVES SOUTH. WITH COOLER TEMPERATURES...MAY SEE SOME PATCHY LOW CLOUDS OR FOG OVER THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS AND PERHAPS THE SOUTHERN URBAN CORRIDOR. AN UPPER RIDGE WILL BE BUILDING OVER THE STATE MONDAY TO MOVE DRIER AIR INTO THE STATE. HOWEVER A SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD DOWN FROM THE NORTHERN GREAT PLAINS TO MOVE MOIST SOUTHEASTERLY FLOW INTO THE STATE...AS A SURFACE TROUGH HANGS ON OVER THE FRONT RANGE. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY FORM ALONG AND EAST OF THE TROUGH MONDAY EVENING AND PERHAPS THROUGH THE NIGHT. THE HIGH TERRAIN WILL LIKELY STAY RAIN FREE. GOOD ENOUGH CAPE AND SHEER FOR A SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SEVERE STORM THAT EVENING OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. AN UPPER TROUGH WILL MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL ROCKIES TUESDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A SURFACE LOW WILL PUSH UP INTO SOUTHEASTERN COLORADO WITH A WARM FRONT. THE UPPER TROUGH WILL KICK THE SURFACE TROUGH EAST...ALLOWING FOR WARMER DRIER AIR TO MOVE INTO THE AREA. STRONG SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL LIKELY SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA BUT WITH THE RECENT RAIN...FIRE WEATHER CONCERNS ARE LOW. SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL FORM EAST OF THE WARM FRONT...ALONG THE NORTHEASTERN PLAINS. MOST OF THE HIGH TERRAIN LOOKS TO REMAIN DRY...EXCEPT FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND FOOTHILLS. SOUTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT ON WEDNESDAY WILL BRING WARMER WEATHER AND A ISOLATED SHOWERS ACROSS THE AREA WEDNESDAY DAY BEFORE A SERIES OF SHORTWAVE TROUGHS PASS OVER THE STATE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...BRINGING NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND UNSETTLED SHOWERY WEATHER. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE TAFS THROUGH 06Z SUNDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 816 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 VFR CONDITIONS OVERNIGHT. WINDS REMAIN SSE EARLY THIS EVENING BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY BECOME MORE SSW BY 05Z AND THEN WSW BY 12Z. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 317 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 NO CHANGES IN CURRENT ADVISORIES OR WARNINGS OVER CWA STREAMS AND RIVERS. CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER RETURNING TO HIGH FLOWS NEAR GREELEY AND WILL CONTINUE FLOOD WARNINGS THROUGH GREELEY AND UPSTREAM AT CANYON MOUTH NEAR FORT COLLINS. GIVEN WARMER TEMPERATURES OVER NEXT FEW DAYS EXPECT CONTINUED SLOW YET STEADY RISE IN STREAM LEVELS THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. GIVEN STORM MOVEMENTS AND LESS MOISTURE TODAY...ANY STORMS WOULD DEPOSIT A THIRD OF AN INCH OR LESS IN FOOTHILLS WITH PASSING STORMS. DO NOT EXPECT MAJOR RIVER RISES FROM THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH SUNDAY. && .BOU WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && UPDATE...RPK SHORT TERM...ENTREKIN LONG TERM...KRIEDERMAN AVIATION...RPK HYDROLOGY...ENTREKIN
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO 1048 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 COZ030>051-011700- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET- WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET- SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/ GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET- JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET- CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY- LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY- BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY- ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET- NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY- CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY- SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY- LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1048 AM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THERE WILL BE ENOUGH SHEAR IN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR A FEW THUNDERSTORMS TO BECOME SEVERE ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR AND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND PALMER DIVIDE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. ALSO...A BRIEF TORNADO OR TWO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY WILL BE WARM AND DRY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. SEVERE STRENGTH STORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE OVER THE FAR NORTHEASTERN PLAINS NEAR THE STATE BORDER ALL THREE DAYS AS WELL. FOR THE LATTER PART OF THE WEEK...IT WILL BE A LITTLE COOLER WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE...WITH A BETTER CHANCE OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
712 PM MDT SAT MAY 31 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0711 PM HAIL STERLING 40.65N 103.21W
05/31/2014 M0.88 INCH LOGAN CO TRAINED SPOTTER
0257 PM HAIL ELIZABETH 39.36N 104.60W
05/31/2014 M0.75 INCH ELBERT CO TRAINED SPOTTER
DIME SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND TO A DEPTH OF 3 INCHES
AT THE ELIZABETH HIGH SCHOOL
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JKThe national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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