{"id":2944,"date":"2016-07-02T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2016-07-02T15:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=2944"},"modified":"2017-04-24T17:09:12","modified_gmt":"2017-04-24T23:09:12","slug":"stp-07-02-2016-abundant-moisture-fueled-bouts-with-heavy-rainfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=2944","title":{"rendered":"STP 07-02-2016: Abundant Moisture Fueled Bouts with Heavy Rainfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Saturday, July 2nd, 2016<br>\nIssue Time: 9:00 AM MDT<\/p>\n<h3>Summary:<\/h3>\n<p><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 set daily 12Z records at both Grand Junction and Denver, pointing to just how moist the air mass was statewide. With the abundant moisture in place, and cloud warm layers approximately 3 km deep, thunderstorms were able to tap into efficient rainfall processes. Street\/field flooding occurred underneath most strong thunderstorms. Many places that received the heaviest rain are rural areas, so confirmed reports are few and far between. Pictures from Twitter show that Castle Rock experienced flooded roads and brief power outages due to a <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;severe thunderstorm&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 thunderstorm<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Storm reports are as follows:<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.0 inch hail:<\/strong> 1 mile E of Castle Rock (Douglas County)<br><strong>1.5 inch hail:<\/strong> 2 miles E of Castle Rock (Douglas County)<br><strong>1.25 inch hail:<\/strong> 7 miles E of Colorado City (Pueblo County)<br><strong>1.0 inch hail:<\/strong> 3 miles NNE of Castle Rock (Douglas County)<br><strong>60 mph Thunderstorm Wind Gust:<\/strong> Walsh (Baca County)<br><strong>Heavy Rain\/Flooding:<\/strong> 7 miles E of Colorado City (Pueblo County)<\/p>\n<p>Please see the STP map below for a look at 24-hour precipitation totals.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/STP_20160702.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-2951\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/STP_20160702.png\" alt=\"STP_20160702\" width=\"875\" height=\"526\"\/><\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Saturday, July 2nd, 2016 Issue Time: 9:00 AM MDT Summary: <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 set daily 12Z records at both Grand Junction and Denver, pointing to just how moist the air mass was statewide. With the abundant moisture in place, and cloud warm layers approximately 3 km deep, thunderstorms were able to tap into [&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\/2944"}],"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=2944"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4150,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2944\/revisions\/4150"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2944"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2944"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2944"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}