FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 1150 AM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... NORTHWESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... BROOMFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... SOUTHEASTERN BOULDER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 1146 AM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER BROOMFIELD. ONE AND A QUARTER INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN SINCE 10 AM. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN IN THE BIG DRY CREEK AND ROCK CREEK BASINS SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... NORTHERN THORNTON...NORTHEASTERN WESTMINSTER...BROOMFIELD... BRIGHTON...LAFAYETTE...LOUISVILLE...ERIE AND DACONO. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO ONE-AND-A-HALF INCHES ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA THROUGH 1 PM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE NEAR BIG DRY CREEK THROUGH BROOMFIELD OR ROCK CREEK THROUGH SUPERIOR AND LAFAYETT...MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 19:44:29 +0000
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