{"id":711,"date":"2015-06-04T22:18:54","date_gmt":"2015-06-05T04:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=711"},"modified":"2015-06-05T11:00:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-05T17:00:01","slug":"ftb-06-04-2015-special-overnight-update-thunderstorms-and-heavy-rain-to-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=711","title":{"rendered":"FTB 06-04-2015 SPECIAL OVERNIGHT UPDATE: Thunderstorms and Heavy Rain to Continue"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: 6\/04\/2015<br>\nIssue Time: 10:10 PM<\/p>\n<p><em>HIGH FLOOD THREAT IS ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE AND URBAN CORRIDOR. A MODERATE FLOOD THREAT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR, FRONT RANGE, AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. A LOW FLOOD THREAT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE, URBAN CORRIDOR, PALMER RIDGE, AND NORTHEASTERN PLAINS.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This special update is due to the unfolding situation across portions of the Front Range, Urban Corridor, and Palmer Ridge. There are two big culprits responsible for this result:<\/p>\n<p>1. Easterly, upslope, low-level flow continues to stream moisture-rich air back into Front Range and Urban Corridor.<\/p>\n<p>2. The picture below shows that a ribbon of 300-mb <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;divergence&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;This term is often used in place of &amp;quot;divergent winds&rdquo; in our discussion. When divergence occurs aloft, it promotes upward motion and increases the potential for thunderstorm development.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>divergence<\/span> (produces lift) has rotated across Colorado ahead of a weak <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;shortwave&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;A disturbance in the mid or upper part of the atmosphere which induces upward motion ahead of it.&lt;\/div&gt;\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>shortwave<\/span>, providing upper-level support that wasn&rsquo;t present up until late this evening when these strong thunderstorms producing heavy rain developed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SPC300mb.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"  wp-image-713 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/SPC300mb.png\" alt=\"SPC300mb\" width=\"704\" height=\"530\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Showers and thunderstorms capable of producing heavy rain will continue across the Front Range, Urban Corridor, Palmer Ridge, and western portions of the Northeastern Plains until 3-5 AM, before continuing to the east across the rest of the Northeastern Plains and exiting the state around 8-9 AM tomorrow morning.<br><a href=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/FTB_snapshot_20150604.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-727\" src=\"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/FTB_snapshot_20150604.png\" alt=\"FTB_snapshot_20150604\" width=\"846\" height=\"533\"\/><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Issue Date: 6\/04\/2015 Issue Time: 10:10 PM HIGH FLOOD THREAT IS ONGOING ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE AND URBAN CORRIDOR. A MODERATE FLOOD THREAT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE URBAN CORRIDOR, FRONT RANGE, AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. A LOW FLOOD THREAT HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE, URBAN CORRIDOR, PALMER [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711"}],"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=711"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":728,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/711\/revisions\/728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}