Flood Advisory
FLOOD ADVISORY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1058 AM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 COC081-107-091700- /O.EXT.KGJT.FA.Y.0001.000000T0000Z-090509T1700Z/ /00000.N.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ROUTT CO-MOFFAT CO- 1058 AM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND JUNCTION HAS EXTENDED THE * FLOOD ADVISORY FOR THE ELKHEAD CREEK IN... EASTERN MOFFAT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST COLORADO WESTERN ROUTT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST COLORADO * UNTIL 1100 AM MDT SATURDAY * LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS HAVE REPORTED MINOR FLOODING OCCURRING ALONG THE ELKHEAD CREEK. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR WATERWAYS. HIGH FLOWS CAN ERODE RIVERBANKS AND MAKE THEM UNSTABLE. LAT...LON 4072 10713 4070 10718 4061 10726 4051 10741 4052 10742 4054 10743 4061 10739 4063 10734 4068 10731 4078 10713 $$ BAL
Flood Watch
FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1201 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 ...RIVER LEVELS INCREASING DUE TO ABOVE NORMAL TEMPERATURES AND RESULTING SNOW MELT... .WARM TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING THROUGH SUNDAY WILL CREATE A CONTINUED INCREASE IN SNOW MELT RUNOFF. THE INCREASED RUNOFF IS EXPECTED TO CAUSE THE LITTLE SNAKE RIVER FROM SAVERY TO BAGGS TO REACH AND POSSIBLE EXCEED BANKFULL FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON. WYZ061-091800- /O.NEW.KCYS.FA.A.0001.090509T1200Z-090511T0000Z/ /00000.0.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SOUTHWEST CARBON- INCLUDING THE CITY OF...RAWLINS 1151 AM MDT THU MAY 7 2009 ...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN CHEYENNE HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL WYOMING...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...SOUTHWEST CARBON. * FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON * VERY HIGH WATER HAS ALREADY BEEN REPORTED ALONG THE LITTLE SNAKE RIVER FROM SAVERY TO BAGGS. THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR RENEWED SIGNIFICANT RISES ALONG THE RIVER SATURDAY AND SUNDAY MORNING...WHICH MAY CAUSE ADDITIONAL HIGH WATER PROBLEMS FOR RESIDENTS THAT LIVE ALONG THE LITTLE SNAKE RIVER FROM SAVERY TO BAGGS. * AFTERNOON TEMPERATURES AT THE 8000 FOOT LEVEL ARE EXPECTED TO BE IN THE UPPER 50S TO NEAR 60 ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY...AND IN THE MIDDLE 60S BY SUNDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES ARE TO REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING. A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS IS ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE LITTLE SNAKE BASIN ON SATURDAY...WITH RAIN AT THE 8000 FOOT ELEVATION. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THERE IS A POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING BASED ON CURRENT FORECASTS. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP. && $$ JR
Special Weather Statement
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO 1022 AM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 COZ011-014-091500- CENTRAL GUNNISON AND UNCOMPAHGRE RIVER BASIN- UPPER GUNNISON RIVER VALLEY- 1021 AM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 ..STRONG RIVER FLOWS WILL INCREASE RIVER HAZARDS IN THE BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON... FROM NOW THROUGH WEDNESDAY OF NEXT WEEK RIVER FLOWS WILL BE GRADUALLY INCREASING ON THE GUNNISON RIVER THROUGH THE BLACK CANYON OF THE GUNNISON NATIONAL PARK...THE GUNNISON GORGE AND DELTA. THE LARGEST RIVER RISES ARE EXPECTED IN THE BLACK CANYON WHERE LEVELS WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 8.5 FEET AND FLOWS WILL BE NEAR 6000 CFS BY THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. RIVER LEVELS IN DELTA WILL INCREASE TO NEAR 7 FEET. CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR WATERWAYS. HIGH FLOWS CAN ERODE RIVERBANKS AND MAKE THEM UNSTABLE. RIVER RAFTERS AND KAYAKERS SHOULD USE CAUTION ON RIVERS WITH HIGH FLOWS...STRONG CURRENTS...AND COLD WATER TEMPERATURES. NOVICES SHOULD RIDE ONLY WITH EXPERIENCED GUIDES. $$
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PUEBLO CO 753 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 COZ058>089-093>099-100200- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST LAKE COUNTY ABOVE 11000 FT- LEADVILLE VICINITY/LAKE COUNTY BELOW 11000 FT- EASTERN SAWATCH MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- WESTERN CHAFFEE COUNTY BETWEEN 9000 AND 11000 FT- CENTRAL CHAFFEE COUNTY BELOW 9000 FT- WESTERN MOSQUITO RANGE/EAST CHAFFEE COUNTY ABOVE 9000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY WEST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- SAGUACHE COUNTY EAST OF CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BELOW 10000 FT- LA GARITA MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY/EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS BELOW 10000 FT- EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- DEL NORTE VICINITY/NORTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- ALAMOSA VICINITY/CENTRAL SAN LUIS VALLEY BELOW 8500 FT- SOUTHERN SAN LUIS VALLEY- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 8500 AND 11000 FT- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FEET- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 11000 FT- NORTHWESTERN FREMONT COUNTY ABOVE 8500 FT- WESTERN/CENTRAL FREMONT COUNTY BELOW 8500 FT- WET MOUNTAIN VALLEY BELOW 8500 FEET- WET MOUNTAINS BETWEEN 6300 AND 10000 FT- WET MOUNTAINS ABOVE 10000 FT- TELLER COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE ABOVE 7500 FT/PIKES PEAK BETWEEN 7500 AND 11000 FT-PIKES PEAK ABOVE 11000 FT- CANON CITY VICINITY/EASTERN FREMONT COUNTY- NORTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/MONUMENT RIDGE/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7500 FT- COLORADO SPRINGS VICINITY/SOUTHERN EL PASO COUNTY/RAMPART RANGE BELOW 7400 FT-PUEBLO AND VICINITY/PUEBLO COUNTY BELOW 6300 FT- WALSENBURG VICINITY/UPPER HUERFANO RIVER BASIN BELOW 7500 FT- TRINIDAD VICINITY/WESTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY BELOW 7500 FT- CROWLEY COUNTY-LA JUNTA VICINITY/OTERO COUNTY- EASTERN LAS ANIMAS COUNTY-WESTERN KIOWA COUNTY- EASTERN KIOWA COUNTY-LAS ANIMAS VICINITY/BENT COUNTY- LAMAR VICINITY/PROWERS COUNTY-SPRINGFIELD VICINITY/BACA COUNTY- 753 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS...INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. THE MAIN THREATS FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH...LOCAL PEA SIZE HAIL AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY...WITH THE BEST COVERAGE OF STORMS EXPECTED ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY THE HIGHER TERRAIN ON MONDAY AND ACROSS ALL OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST COLORADO ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE MAIN THREATS FROM STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT MEET REPORTING CRITERIA FOR SPOTTERS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS... INCLUDING THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR. $$ 50/50
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 826 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-100130- SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN- GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON- LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER- WESTERN CHERRY- 826 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 /726 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT. THE COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL MAKE POSSIBLE PATCHY FROST ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND SANDHILLS AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE LOW TO MIDDLE 30S BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE MORE ZONAL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE CHANCE FOR GENERAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY THEN AGAIN BY TUESDAY WHEN A STRONGER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT ON THE PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. && THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER... HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE $$ 13
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1054 AM MDT FRI MAY 08 2009 COZ030>051-091200- JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/ NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/ SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/ EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES- NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY- 1054 AM MDT FRI MAY 08 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE WILL BE A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS... PALMER DIVIDE AND ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR. BRIEF RAIN...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL MAY OCCUR WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE OF RAIN FOR THE PLAINS...FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS MAINLY EAST OF THE DIVIDE SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. SOME SNOW WILL BE MIXED IN OVER THE HIGHER FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS SATURDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL BE BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS SATURDAY AND SUNDAY FOR ALL THE FORECAST AREA. NEXT WEEK WILL BE DRY WITH TEMPERATURES AT OR ABOVE SEASONAL NORMALS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT. $$ COOPER/MEIER
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 1027 AM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 COZ090>092-KSZ001>004-013>016-027>029-041-042-NEZ079>081-091645- YUMA-KIT CARSON-CHEYENNE CO-CHEYENNE KS-RAWLINS-DECATUR-NORTON- SHERMAN-THOMAS-SHERIDAN-GRAHAM-WALLACE-LOGAN-GOVE-GREELEY-WICHITA- DUNDY-HITCHCOCK-RED WILLOW- 1027 AM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009 /927 AM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EXTREME SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA...NORTHWEST KANSAS AND EAST CENTRAL COLORADO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE OFF THE FRONT RANGE AND INTO FAR EASTERN COLORADO THIS EVENING. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TRI-STATE REGION LATE SATURDAY AND SATURDAY NIGHT WITH A FEW SHOWERS CONTINUING INTO SUNDAY AND SUNDAY EVENING. ANY THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS CAN PRODUCE DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT. $$