{"id":5225,"date":"2017-07-04T10:10:12","date_gmt":"2017-07-04T16:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=5225"},"modified":"2017-07-05T09:19:07","modified_gmt":"2017-07-05T15:19:07","slug":"stp-07-04-2017-isolated-showersthunderstorms-a-few-were-strongsevere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=5225","title":{"rendered":"STP 07-04-2017: Isolated Showers\/Thunderstorms, a Few were Strong\/Severe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: Tuesday, July 4th, 2017<br>\nIssue Time: 10:10 AM MDT<\/p>\n<h3>Summary:<\/h3>\n<p>Mother Nature provided a few pre-Independence Day fireworks yesterday, with <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;isolated&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;less than 10% areal coverage&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>isolated<\/span> showers\/thunderstorms rumbling across the state. Generally speaking, those that occurred over the High Country and adjacent Urban Corridor\/Plains, showers\/storms produced more wind than rain. Farther east over the Northeast and Southeast Plains, a few strong\/<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> produced strong winds, hail, and brief periods of moderate-to-heavy rainfall. Rain rates did not meet <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;flash flood&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;&amp;lt;!-- wp:paragraph {&amp;quot;textColor&amp;quot;:&amp;quot;white&amp;quot;} --&amp;gt;\n&amp;lt;p class=&amp;quot;has-white-color has-text-color&amp;quot;&amp;gt;flash flooding can refer to usually dry areas becoming rapidly inundated with water, or rapid water level rises on streams, creeks, or rivers beyond flood stage; typically caused by heavy rainfall, but can also be caused by meltwater&amp;lt;\/p&amp;gt;\n&amp;lt;!-- \/wp:paragraph --&amp;gt;&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>flash flood<\/span> criteria, so no flooding occurred. A brief look at storm reports from yesterday shows the following:<\/p>\n<p>Rifle (Garfield County): 45 mph thunderstorm wind gust<br>\nOtis (Washington County): 0.88 inch hail<br>\n1 mile S of Otis (Washington County): 1.5 inch hail<br>\nFlagler (Kit Carson County): 0.9 inches of rain in one hour<br>\n6 miles NNE of Bethune (Kit Carson County): 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust<br>\n1 mile E of Burlington (Kit Carson County): 69 mph wind gust<\/p>\n<p>Please see the STP map below for a look at precipitation totals from the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/STP_20170705_snap.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5228\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/STP_20170705_snap.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"880\" height=\"496\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><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: Tuesday, July 4th, 2017 Issue Time: 10:10 AM MDT Summary: Mother Nature provided a few pre-Independence Day fireworks yesterday, with <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;isolated&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;less than 10% areal coverage&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>isolated<\/span> showers\/thunderstorms rumbling across the state. Generally speaking, those that occurred over the High Country and adjacent Urban Corridor\/Plains, showers\/storms produced more wind than rain. Farther east over the Northeast and Southeast Plains, [&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\/5225"}],"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=5225"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5229,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5225\/revisions\/5229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}