{"id":1331,"date":"2015-07-20T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=1331"},"modified":"2015-07-21T06:36:07","modified_gmt":"2015-07-21T12:36:07","slug":"stp-07-20-2015-moisture-increased-statewide-ingredients-favored-heavy-rain-for-eastern-colorado","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=1331","title":{"rendered":"STP 07-20-2015: Moisture Increased Statewide, Ingredients Favored Heavy Rain for Eastern Colorado"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Monday, July 20th, 2015<br>\nIssue Time: 9:00 AM MDT<\/p>\n<h3>Summary:<\/h3>\n<p>As the remnants of Hurricane Dolores spun off the southern California coast, moisture shed by the storm invaded Colorado and increased <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;precipitable water&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;The total atmospheric water vapor contained in a vertical column of the atmosphere. It is typically measured in inches, and anomalously (deviation from normal) high values of precipitable water generally correlate to heavy rainfall potential.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>precipitable water<\/span> values across the state. A thick, morning cloud deck across western and central portions of Colorado left those areas with less instability in the afternoon, but eastern Colorado was mostly clear and able to produce strong-to-<span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;severe thunderstorms&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Thunderstorms that produce a tornado, winds of at least 58 mph (50 kts) and\/or hail at least 1&amp;quot; in diameter.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>severe thunderstorms<\/span> in the afternoon and evening as daytime heating did its job. Heavy rainfall was attendant to most strong thunderstorms across Eastern Colorado, especially the nearer one got to the CO\/KS border. Check out some of the more impressive rainfall reports:<\/p>\n<p>Kit Carson County: 4.20 inches, 3.32 inches, and 1.92 inches<br>\nCheyenne County: 2.76 inches and 2.01 inches<br>\nBaca County: 1.37 inches<br>\nSedgwick County: 0.90 inches<\/p>\n<p>There were a few reports of heavy rainfall causing flooding across Kit Carson County. Take a look:<\/p>\n<p>Stratton: Minor street and field flooding<br>\n3 miles E of Stratton: 4-6 inches of water running across Road 34 near Intersection of Highway 24<br>\n1 miles ESE of Stratton: 1-2 inches of running water over railroad tracks. Also, standing water in fields.<br>\n11 miles S of Seibert: Standing water in fields<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150720_STPImage.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1342\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/20150720_STPImage.png\" alt=\"20150720_STPImage\" width=\"887\" height=\"498\"\/><\/a><br><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-136\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/stormtotalprecip_legend.png\" alt=\"Storm Total Precip Legend\" width=\"470\" height=\"32\"\/><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Monday, July 20th, 2015 Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT Summary: As the remnants of Hurricane Dolores spun off the southern California coast, moisture shed by the storm invaded Colorado and increased <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;precipitable water&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;The total atmospheric water vapor contained in a vertical column of the atmosphere. It is typically measured in inches, and anomalously (deviation from normal) high values of precipitable water generally correlate to heavy rainfall potential.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>precipitable water<\/span> values across the state. A thick, morning cloud deck across western and central portions of Colorado left those areas with [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1331"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1344,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1331\/revisions\/1344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1331"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1331"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1331"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}