Colorado Water Conservation Board  

Statewide Precipitation Report for Sunday, September 06, 2009

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NWS WSR-88D Doppler Radar Estimated Storm Total Precipitation, Inches

Trace to 0.5''
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2.0'' to 2.5''
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3.0'' to 3.5''
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Ground Observed Precipitation Point


Ground Observed Precipitation, Inches

Trace to 0.5''
0.5'' to 1''
1.0'' to 1.5''
1.5'' to 2''
2.0'' to 2.5''
2.5'' to 3''
3.0'' to 3.5''
3.5'' to 4''
4.0'' to 4.5''
4.5'' to 5''
5.0'' to 5.5''
5.5'' to 6''
6.0'' to 6.5''
6.5'' to 7''
7.0'' to 7.5''

NOTE: Simply zoom into any single area on the map to see a more detailed depiction of the radar-estimated rainfall over the past 24-hours. Feel free to hover over points to view observed rainfall and click on points to view more details.

900AM:
Scattered thunderstorms moved across much of the higher terrain of the state yesterday. Strong thunderstorms also impacted portions of the Front Range with a stalled storm over the Southeast Denver Metro area producing a total of 2.40" as observed by an ALERT rainfall gage. 2.25" of that fell in just 40 minutes. The NWS issued a Flash Flood Warning for this particular storm yesterday evening. A CoCoRaHS observer near the storm also received 1.43" of total rainfall. Elsewhere, an isolated storm near Kiowa in El Paso County created 1.06" of rainfall while a CoCoRaHS observer near Rustic in Larimer County received 1.10". On the West Slope, the NWS automated rain gage near Durango recorded 0.72" of rainfall while several CoCoRaHS observers received from 0.60" to 0.95" throughout La Plata County.

Meteorologist: Nate Clements

**This current product to be used for example purposes only. The 2009 forecasting season has ended and operations we resume on April 1, 2010.**