Flash Flood Prediction Program (F2P2)

• Products
• Meteorological Support Services

ALERT System

• Current Status  GIS Shape Files
• Streamgage Records: Water Level Summaries  Annual Peaks
  • E-19 streamgage field surveys & discharge rating tables
• Rainfall Statistics: Amounts & Intensities (5-min to 24-hr duration)
• Operation & Maintenance: Agreement/Scope  Annual Reports
  • Monthly reports by WET
• LDAD Files: Rainfall  Water Levels  Weather Data  Metadata
  Files are updated every 5 minutes.

Older documents:

• Station Coordinates   Station IDs   Alarm Settings
• Streamgage Calibrations: by ID Number  by Date

Real-Time Hydromodels

Supported by: LRE Water

• 2010 Documentation (Lena Gulch, Harvard Gulch, Goldsmith Gulch, Boulder Creek and upper Cherry Creek)
• July 13, 2011 Boulder Creek Model Performance Evaluation
• 2013 Boulder Creek Rainfall Inputs-Radar QPE vs. ALERT
• 2014 Lena Gulch PostgreSQL Conversion

Supported by: Vieux & Associates

• 2012 Vflo Documentation (Boulder Creek/Fourmile Creek/Fourmile Canyon Creek)
• 2012 Evaluation of Radar-Based Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts to Extend Flood Forecasting Lead-Time
• 2012 NHWC newsletter article (see also draft version)
• 2019 Dam Spillway Monitoring Thresholds (Great Western Reservoir/Woman Creek Dam/McKay Lake)
• 2021 CUHP/SWMM/Vflo Study (Lakewood Gulch, Van Bibber Creek & Little Dry Creek)

Supported by: Water & Earth Technologies

• 2014 East Plum Creek Sac-SMA article

Archive:

• 1987 MWE Lena Gulch SSMA model calibration report  

Training Documents and User Guides

• 2014 Aurora Rain Watch Training
• 2021 NHWC Flood Warning System Overview training video

Local Emergency Management

• Boulder WebEOC (permission required)

Flood Safety

Tips, “self help” flood protection handbooks, flood hazard mapping and other useful public information:

• National Weather Service
• Local Government Websites & Handbooks:
  • Arvada  (2010 handbook)
  • City of Boulder
  • Boulder Office of Emergency Management
    • Boulder County Flood Preparation
      • Preparedness Guide
      • 2013 Flood Recovery
  • Denver Flood Information
    • 2003 Flood Protection Handbook & brochure

  Colorado Emergency Management

• Colorado Hazard Mapping & Risk MAP Portal
• Boulder Area Sustainability Information Network
• CU’s Natural Hazards Center
• Ready.gov (flood safety information)
• Floodsmart.gov (flood insurance information)
  • The National Flood Insurance Program
    • FEMA CRS-610 Flood Warning & Response credits
      • Lakewood’s program
      • CRS Assessment (UDFCD 2015)
      • NHWC Resources for CRS-610 Credit
      • MHFD’s Approach to Early Flood Threat Recognition and Warning (DRAFT 1/4/2021) 

NWS Flooding Resources
NWS flooded roadways video

• FLASH (Federal Alliance for Safe Homes)
• UDFCD Floodplains

Flood History

• Front Range Flood History Story Map by Boulder County
• MHFD notes on Colorado’s Flood History   
• 2013 September-to-Remember
• The 1965 Flood (rain contours/flood extents/photos)  
• Significant Colorado Floods by NWS
• Floods in Colorado before 1948 by USGS   (abstract)  
• Colorado Front Range Historical Flood Summaries by NCAR
• Douglas County Floods & related resources 
• Jefferson County Historic Floods 1844-2013  
• Bear Creek in Jefferson County
  • August 4, 2004 Canyon Courier
  • 1939 Reports by USFS & USGS
• Boulder Creek and South Boulder Creek (excerpts from Boulder Creek Flood Warning Plan)
  • Boulder Valley Flooding History (Boulder Area Sustainability Information Network–BASIN)
  • 1894 Boulder Creek Flood Photos (BASIN)
  • South Boulder Creek Flood Photos (courtesy City of Boulder)
• Cherry Creek floods 1859-1935 (USBOR 1938)
• Tucker Gulch and Kenneys Run in Golden
• Flood Hazards News    
  • Storms/Floods/Services: 
    1987  1988  1991  1992  1993  1994  1995  
    1996  1997  1998  1999  2000  2001  2002 
    2003  2004  2005  2006  2007  2008  2009 2010  2011  2012  2013  2014  2015  2016 
    2017  2018  2019  2020  2018-2021  
  • Cover Stories: 
    1986  1988  1997  1998  2013  2014  2015
  • Related Articles: 
    1989  1990  1991  2006  2007  2013  2015
  • Special Topics:
    Understanding Extremes  &  related presentation slides
    Bob Jarrett’s perspective on extreme rainfall in Colorado and the United States

Miscellaneous

Reports

• Flash Flood Prediction Program (F2P2)
• ALERT System Maintenance
• ALERT System Capacity Evaluation & ALERT-2 Proposal 2007
• ALERT Data Analyses by WET

Flood Warning Research & Current Studies

• An Evaluation of the Boulder Creek Local Flood Warning System

Other Useful Websites

• National Weather Service
  • Local Denver/Boulder Forecast Office
  • Monsoon Tracker (NWS-Tucson)
  • Weather Related Fatality and Injury Statistics
  • Emergency Management Decision Support (EMDS)
  • Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN)
    • EMWIN-Denver Regional
    • EMWIN-Houston—The Denver Regional project was modeled after Houston’s.
  • Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service (AHPS)—see NHWC benefits report
    • AHPS Forecast Products—Central Region
    • July 3, 2002 news story
  • Local Flood Warning Systems Handbook
  • Floods: Among the Greatest Natural Disasters
• Private Weather Services
  • Anything Weather.Com
• Colorado River and Stream Information
  • Colorado Water Conservation Board Flood Information
  • Streamflow and WaterTalk from the Colorado Division of Water Resources
  • U.S. Geological Survey Real-time Water Data
  • NRCS Colorado Snow Survey
• Webcams
  • Denver Traffic Cams
• Weather and Climate Research Projects
  • Community Collaborative Rain and Hail Study (CoCo RaHS)
  • NCAR Research Applications Program (RAP)
  • FSL Meteorological Assimilation Data Ingest System (MADIS)
• Local News
  • KWGN CW2 News
  • KCNC News4 (CBS affiliate)
  • KMGH 7News (ABC affiliate)
  • KUSA 9News (NBC affiliate)
  • KDVR Fox31
  • 850 KOA News Radio
  • Colorado Newpapers and Television Stations
• Organizations
  • Institute for Business & Home Safety
  • National Hydrologic Warning Council
  • Prepare Colorado, sponsored by the American Red Cross
  • Colorado Emergency Management Association
  • Coal Creek Canyon Watershed Partnership
• More…
  • Discontinued 2008 Bulletin Board

AMS:  April 17, 2017 Information Statement about Flash Floods