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2024 Flood Season Summary

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> 0.6" RADAR ESTIMATE OR 0.5" GAUGED IN FORECAST AREA

Event

Date

Max ALERT

Max CoCoRaHS

QPE STP

ALERT

Alarms

ALERT

Rain

Alarms

Notes

ADAM

ARAP

AURA

BLDR

BROM

DENV

DOUG

JEFF

1
0.47"
0.57"
>1.00"

HPO issued at 0900 with LOW Message potential. M1’s issued for Adams, Arapahoe, Aurora and DIA 1923 valid until 2100. A jet to the N and S increased upper level support for fast-moving storms that started at 1500-1600 and strengthened.  The threat for stronger storms in the E persisted until 2100. X

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2
0.75"
1.05"
>1.50"

HPO issued at 1038 with LOW Message potential. M1’s issued for the entire District at 2049 valid until 2359. A generally quiet day until strong upper-level support moved into the area enhancing the formation of hail-producing storms 1900-2000. Slow-moving storms 2200-2400 produced mostly hail (2"-3"). Storms moved out of the District by 0100.
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3
0.24"
0.19"
>0.50"

HPO issued at 927 with MOD Message potential. M1’s issued for the entire District at 1143 valid until 2000. Initial storm activity stayed south of the District. A second round of storms produced heavy rainfall 1600-1900 and eventually poked into the furthest northeast portions of the District before clearing out to the east. 








4
2.58"
3.74"
>3.00"
 HPO issued at 924 with MOD  (plains) and LOW (foothills) Message potential.  M1 issued for the entire District at 1427 valid until 2100.  A peculiar setup caused storms to anchor in place throughout the day, resulting in  the strongest storms between 1500-1800 and Flash Flood Warnings for Arapahoe, Adams and Douglas Counties. 
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X
5
0.71"
0.68"
>0.50"
HPOs issued at 921 and 2013 with MOD Message potential.  M1s issued at 1535 valid until 2030 for the entire District and again 2121 valid until 2359.  Low temperatures helped suppress storms within the District, although storms on the eastern plains restulted in late eveing gust fronts that brought in a late round of storms west of the District that fell apart as they entered the District.



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6
0.47"
1.09"
>0.75"

HPO issued at 0920 with HIGH Message potential.  M1 was issued at 1102 for the entire District.  While widespread moderate to heavy showers were predicted, only one significant storm within the District occurred around 1300, with gusty winds and hail up to 1.0".  Rainfall rates were limited by hail development, and also by storm motions.







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7
0.51"
0.55"
>0.75"
HPO issued 926 with MOD Message potential for the entire District.  M1 was issued at 1407 valid until 2200.  An active day produced at least one significant round of storms that moved into the District between 1400-1500, with the heaviest rainfall in northern Jefferson County/Broomfield.



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8
0.43"
0.54"
>0.25"
HPO issued at 1001 with MOD Message potential for the entire District.  M1 was issued at 1324 valid until 2000.  Initial storms moved onto, then off the foothills between 1500 and 1600, with a couple of storms producing brief heavy rainfall around the Boulder/Jefferson line and further south into Douglas County.






X

9
0.51"
0.55"
>0.50"
HPO issued at 948 with MOD Message potential for the entire District.  M1 was issued at 1503 valid until 2100.  A typical early summer day with just enough fuel  for storm development, initiating in the higher terrain by midday.  By 1700 a storm around Boulder produced the heaviest rainfall of the day; 0.35-0.55" in 10-20 minutes.



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X

10
0.83"
0.55"
>0.50"
HPO issued at 922 with LOW Message potential for the entire District.  M1 was issued at 1808 effective until 2100.  Multiple rounds of short-duration showers impacted portions of the District but heavy rainfall stayed east.







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11
2.36"
1.51"
>3.00"
HPO was issued at 922 with MOD Message potential for the entire District.  M1 was issued at 1157 valid until 2200.  Most activity stayed just beyond the District's southern boundary but heavy rain including alarms were recorded in Douglas County.






X

12
0.59"
1.05"
>1.00"
HPO was issued at 945 with LOW Message potential for the entire District.  M1 was issued at 1523 valid until 2200.  An isolated storm in the northern Jefferson County area developed quickly around 1400.  Initially it contained mostly hail, but moderate to brief heavy rainfall fell in Broomfield and Adams Counties as the storm moved eastward.
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X
13
0.39"
0.74"
>0.75"
HPO was issued at 1003 with LOW & MOD Message Potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1324 valid until 2200.  Storm rapidly developed off the foothills with moderate to brief heavy rainfall more widespread than previous days. Low Impact Flooding for northern portions of the District and into downtown Denver resulted from pulse-like storms with gusty winds and cloud-to-ground lightning.







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14
0.63"
0.77"
>0.75"
HPO was issued at 0955 with MOD to HIGH Message Potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1220 valid until 2000. A pair of isolated storms propagated towards the District; the northern dissipated over the District and the southern one flowed along the higher elevations of the Foothills and missed the District entirely. Only light rainfall was produced within the District.






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X
15
0.47"
0.24"
>0.25"
HPO was issued at 0914with LOW Message Potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1535 valid until 2100. Storms initiated in the Boulder foothills at 1500 and weakened as they moved S into the District.








16
1.22"
2.03"
>2.00"
HPO was issued at 1026 with MOD Message potential for the plains and High potential for the foothills. M1 was issued at 1815 valid until 2300. High moisture levels were in place. A gust front from a storm on the plains produced storms 1900-2000 moving N to S across the District. Storms moved out at 2300.
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17
1.02"
1.97"
>1.75"
HPO was issued at 1017 with HIGH Message potential for the plains and foothills. M1 was issued at 1253 valid until 2200. Moisture levels remained high from the previous day's rainfall. Storms formed SW of the District at 1300 causing training storms until 1700 with lingering rainfall into the early evening. X
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X
18
0.94"
0.90"
>1.00"

HPO was issued at 940 with LOW Message potential for the plains and MOD for the foothills. M1 was issued at 1200 valid until 2200 for the entire District. Storms moved into the District by 1200 producing moderate rainfall.  An upper level shortwave moved through the District 1500-1600.  Storms formed then moved E by 1700. Only weak storms continued into the early evening. 






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X
19
0.63"
0.32"
>0.50"

HPO was issued at 926 with LOW Message potential for the plains and foothills. M1 was issued at 1341 valid until 2100. Moisture levels were high from the previous day. Storms formed in the foothills at 1100-1200 producing brief heavy rainfall but these storms dissipated as they entered the District. At 1700 storms to the N and S produced gust fronts over the District producing cooling conditions. Rain ended by 1900. COMPLETE QPE DATA ARE NOT AVAILABLE.






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20
0.94"
1.46"
>1.25"

HPO was issued at 939 with MOD Message potential for the entire District.  M1 was issued 1505 valid until 2200.  Rapid storm development would occur over multiple areas between 1630-1730 pm, with strong storms lasting through 2000-2100 producing raingall rates between 0.40-0.80" in 10-30 minutes with isolated areas receivign between 1.00-1.50" of rain in and around Douglas County.
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21
0.63"
0.82"
>0.75"

HPO was issued at 958 with MOD Message potential for the entire District.  M1 was issued at 1256 valud untill 2200.  A more established round of storms moved through in the later afternoon producing isolated moderate to heavy rainfall from Boulder County through Broomfield County and portions of northeastern Jefferson County to Adams County.
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22
0.24"
0.43"
>0.25"

HPO was issued at 954 with LOW Message potential for the plains and the foothills.  M1 was issued at 1354 valid until 2200.  Continental Divide storms would weaken significantly as they moved off the higher elevations and dissipate as they entered the District. 








23
0.55"
0.77"
>1.00"

HPO was issued at 1002 with LOW Message potential for the entire District.  M1 was issued at 1626 valid until 2100.  A cold front moved through the region in the morning, increasing cloud cover and producing showers in northwestern areas around Boulder.  Then in the afternoon storm initiated along the foothils in the afternoon and slowly moved eastward and into the District between 1630 and 1700.  Pockets of moderate to brief heavy rainfall moved through Jefferson, Denver, Arapaho and Douglas Counties, with a Flash Flood Warning issued for the Quarry Burn Scar.





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X
24
1.26"
1.98"
>2.00"
HPO was issued at 938 with LOW Message potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at at 1517 valid until 2300.  Clouds clearing in the by midmorning would result in better storm development in the southern portions of the District, with pulse-like storms including storms over portions of Douglas County producing over 0.50" in 10-15 minutes between 2000 and 2100 and storms moving into Jefferson County causing a Flash Flood Warning for the Quarry Burn Scar.  Storms persisted intot he evening with a Flood Advisory issued aroudn the Franktown area for persistent heavy rainfall from 2000 to 2200.

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X

25
0.63"
1.32"
>1.00"
HPO was issued at 947 with HIGH Message potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1028 valid until 2100.  Abundant moisture led to a NWS Flood Watch.  Slow moving storms enhanced rainfall amounts, but storms struggled to form within the District until 1530 when portions of Aurora and Arapahoe County received 0.50-1.00" Storm Total Precipitation.   Some rainfall totals in Douglas County added up over multiple rounds of storms.

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X

26
1.26"
1.57"
>1.50"
HPO was issued at 952 with HIGH Message potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1205 valid until 2200.  Abundant moisture led to a NWS Flood Watch.  Widespread storm development with moderate to heavy rainfall occurred throughout most of the District, especially in Douglast, Arapahoe and Boulder Counties.  The heaviest rain was just outside of the District.


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X
27
0.24"
0.38"
>0.50"
HPO was issued at 934 with MOD Message potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1540 valid until 2200.  In spite of ingredients with potential, storm development was capped by cooler temperatures which limited convection and storm development.







28
0.87"
0.90"
>1.00"
HPO was issued at 1019 with HIGH Message potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1235 valid until 2130.  An uptick in moisture resulted in efficient rainfall producing storms for the District with severe storms out on the eastern plains.  Storms in the District produced brief heavy rainfall for portions of Jefferson and Boulder County, with the latter having Low Impact Flooding rainfall just inside the District.



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X
29
0.75"
0.78"
>0.75"
HPO was issued at 924 with HIGH Message potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1647 valid until 2220.   Morning clouds limited convection initiation until midafternoon, but by 1500 thunderstorms with light to moderate rainfall potential developed across western portions of the District, moving east.  Surface winds transporting a moist airmass into the District around 1700 fuled storm development and rainfall potential, with an narrow area in Adams County impacted by heavy rain.
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X

30
0.59"
0.44"
>0.25"
HPO was issued at 941 with LOW Message potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1355 valid until 1900.  A day of borderline activity left most of the District dry.  A very weak upper-level disturbance produced one strong cell in the Boulder area in the afternoon, with moderate showers in Jeffersion, Broomfield and Adams Counties.  Stronger storms later in the afternoon rapidly developed along the foothills (Boulder/Jefferson Counties), but mostly rained themselves out as they moved onto the plains, resulting in a gust front with winds up to 50 mph in the District, but modest rainfall.







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31
2.05"
1.52"
>1.75"
HPO was issued at 1002 with MOD Message potential for the entire District.  M1 issued at 1456 valid until 2200 (extended to 0300 9/5).  Multiple rouns of storms impacted the District beginning at 1500.  The initial round brought moderate to heavy rainfall, up to 0.75," for western portions of the District.  A second round of storms formed between 1700-1800 behind a gust front.  Pulse-like showers impacted areas along the Jefferson County foothills but rained themselves out before moving into the District through midnight.  Another strong round of showers brought heavy rain of over an inch in 20-40 minutes for ares around Boulder between 2400 and 0100.
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Maximum 24-hour value

Maximum 24-hour value

Maximum

Radar

estimated

24-hour

precip

Alarm Log

Rainfall

Rate Alarm

 

ADAM

ARAP

AURA

BLDR

BROM

DENV

DOUG

JEFF