Issue Date: Tuesday, June 21st, 2016
\nIssue Time: 9:00AM MDT<\/p>\n
A pool of cool moist air pushed into Colorado from the northeast on Monday morning, helping to stabilize the atmosphere and limit highs to the 70s in parts of the Northeast Plains and Urban Corridor. However, that same air helped to spark off some impressive late afternoon thunderstorms as it lifted over the Palmer Ridge and Front Range foothills and mixed with much warmer air. Very heavy short-term rainfalls were observed in Douglas, Park, Teller, Fremont and El Paso counties. Several Urban Drainage and Flood Control District gages picked up about 0.5 inches in 10 minutes. A USGS gage north of Colorado Springs picked up about 1.5 inches per hour. Highest 24-hour totals were in the 1.5 to 2.0 inch range for that region. The flow at Fountain Creek spiked in the late evening and overnight hours, as shown in the hydrograph<\/span> below. Three Areal Flood Advisories were issued, as was a Flash Flood<\/span> Warning<\/span> for the Waldo Canyon burn scar.<\/p>\n
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