{"id":9660,"date":"2019-07-02T11:47:18","date_gmt":"2019-07-02T17:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coloradofloodthreat.com\/?p=9660"},"modified":"2019-07-03T10:38:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-03T16:38:56","slug":"spm-07-02-2019-heavy-rainfall-flash-flooding-and-severe-storms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/?p=9660","title":{"rendered":"SPM 07-02-2019: Heavy Rainfall, Flash Flooding and Severe Storms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Issue date: Tuesday, July 2, 2019
\nIssue Time: 12:00 PM MDT<\/p>\n

Summary:<\/h3>\n

Heavy rainfall along the Front Range, Urban Corridor, Northeast and Southeast plains occurred yesterday as a shortwave<\/span> passed over the state.  Ample surface moisture and upslope flow initiated severe thunderstorms<\/span> over the eastern areas of the high country midday. A surface cold front helped to initiate storms in the eastern plains later in the afternoon.  Radar derived rainfall was up to two inches in Kiowa and Cheyenne Counties.  There were multiple reports of flash flooding<\/span> to the NWS<\/span> near the Spring Creek burn scar, with one report of waters 3 to 4 feet deep over county road 443.  In Left Hand Canyon in Boulder County near Gold Hill, mud and rocks washed onto the road after reported rainfall of 2.13 inches.  Heavy rainfall associated with slow moving, severe thunderstorms<\/span> was reported all along the Front Range and Urban Corridor.  Hail of 1.25 inches was measured in northern Weld Country and hail up to 1 inch in Arapahoe County near Aurora.<\/p>\n

Rivers remain high throughout the high country due to snowmelt and rainfall over the last three days.  Flows along the Arkansas at Avondale reached Minor flood stage yesterday due to releases from the Pueblo Dam and rainfall over the area.  The gage along the Eagle River near Gypsum also reached Minor flooding yesterday and was only 0.01 inch from breaking the gage height record. Reports from Conejos County within the SLV is still experiencing high water along the Conejos River with flooding at various locations across the county. Terrace and Platoro Reservoirs are also running high, so there will likely be releases, which would cause flooding to already swollen rivers in the area. For local river information that is updated throughout the day, please visit the website of your local NWS<\/span> office (Boulder<\/a><\/span>, Pueblo<\/a><\/span><\/span>, Grand Junction<\/a><\/span><\/span>) or track the AHPS gages<\/a><\/span><\/span> in your area.<\/p>\n

To see estimated precipitation totals over your area on Monday, scroll down to the State Precipitation Map below.
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Click Here For Map Overview<\/h4>
\nThe 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.
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Issue date: Tuesday, July 2, 2019 Issue Time: 12:00 PM MDT Summary: Heavy rainfall along the Front Range, Urban Corridor, Northeast and Southeast plains occurred yesterday as a shortwave<\/span> passed over the state.  Ample surface moisture and upslope flow initiated severe thunderstorms<\/span> over the eastern areas of the high country midday. A surface cold front […]<\/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\/9660"}],"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=9660"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9672,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9660\/revisions\/9672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive-coftb.dewberryanalytics.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}