{"id":14854,"date":"2021-07-09T08:43:38","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T14:43:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=14854"},"modified":"2021-07-10T08:27:29","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T14:27:29","slug":"spm-07-09-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=14854","title":{"rendered":"SPM 07-09-2021: Hot Day with Isolated Afternoon Thunderstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue Date: Friday, July 9, 2021
\nIssue Time: 9:50 AM MDT<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/h3>\n

Yesterday was a hot one, which increased atmospheric stability across the state and limited precipitation overall. Still, isolated<\/span> high elevation showers began to pop in the early afternoon and filled in as the afternoon progressed with a general eastward movement. <\/p>\n

Light accumulations were reported by CoCoRaHS<\/span> observers in the Northern, Central, and Front Range Mountains, as well as some in the Urban Corridor. Between 0.01-0.0.5 was reported across Fort Collins and Loveland. Totals were higher from isolated<\/span> cells in the Southwest Slope and San Juan Mountains, including 0.31 inches in Nathrop, 0.46 inches in southern Saguache County, and 0.5 inches northwest of Pagosa Springs. <\/p>\n

A flash flood<\/span> warning<\/span> was issued for the Spring Burn Scar in Costilla and Huerfano Counties after Doppler radar indicated heavy rain over the area. The Ute Creek SNOTEL station to the west of the burn scar reported 0.6 inches of rain throughout the day, confirming some heavy rainfall. However, no flooding was ultimately reported. <\/p>\n

Looking at the State Precipitation Map below, there is an area of what appears to be very high rainfall on the Lincoln-Kit Carson-Cheyenne County borders. This is a radar artifact<\/span> from a large wind farm producing clutter. There were still some isolated<\/span> accumulations of note on the Eastern Plains though, 0.3-0.4 was reported in Cheyenne Wells. Additionally, a severe thunderstorm<\/span> produced a short-lived dust storm<\/span> that reduced visibility to near zero on the Colorado-Kansas border on I-70. <\/p>\n

For rainfall estimates in your area, including antecedent rainfall totals, check out the State Precipitation Map below. <\/p>\n

Click Here For Map Overview<\/h4>
The map below shows radar-estimated, rainfall gage-adjusted Quantitative Precipitation Estimates (QPE<\/span>) across Colorado. The map is updated daily during the operational season (May 1 – Sep 30) by 11AM. The following six layers are currently available: 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation, as well as maximum 1-hour, 2-hour and 6-hour precipitation over the past 24 hour period (to estimate where flash flooding<\/span> may have occurred). The 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation contain bias corrections that are not disaggregated into the hourly estimates, so there will likely be some differences. The accumulation ending time is 7AM of the date shown in the bottom right corner. Also shown optionally are vulnerable fire burn areas (post 2012), which are updated throughout the season to include new, vulnerable burn areas. The home button in the top left corner resets the map to the original zoom.
Note: The 24-hour, 48-hour and 72-hour total precipitation do not contain bias corrections today due to errors in the CoCoRaHS<\/span> data. This means there may be underestimations in QPE<\/span> over the southwest and southeast corners of the state. <\/span>
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Issue Date: Friday, July 9, 2021 Issue Time: 9:50 AM MDT Summary: Yesterday was a hot one, which increased atmospheric stability across the state and limited precipitation overall. Still, isolated<\/span> high elevation showers began to pop in the early afternoon and filled in as the afternoon progressed with a general eastward movement. Light accumulations were […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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\/14854"}],"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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14854"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14854\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14877,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14854\/revisions\/14877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14854"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14854"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14854"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}