FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO... * UNTIL 315 PM MDT * AT 117 PM MDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES ARE OCCURRING IN AND NEAR THE FERN LAKE BURN SCAR. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 1.5 INCHES HAVE FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING IS ALREADY OCCURRING. EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA WILL CAUSE MUD SLIDES NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO TRIGGER ROCK SLIDES OR DEBRIS FLOWS IN THE FERN LAKE BURN AREA. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Jul 2013 20:56:04 +0000
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