FLASH FLOOD for FORT COLLINS: INDIVIDUAL WARNING ISSUED FOR OUR TOWN ONLY If you live next to natural bodies of water or farming land, its been advised we prepare for evacuation due to compromised utility lines should rain fall any harder. From U.S. National Weather Service: Areal Flood Warning in effect until Sunday, Sep 15, 9:00pm. ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR WESTERN ARAPAHOE ...WELD ...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON ...NORTHERN SEDGWICK ...JEFFERSON ...EASTERN LARIMER ...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CLEAR CREEK ...BROOMFIELD ...NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS ...ADAMS ...EASTERN GILPIN ... DENVER ...LOGAN ...BOULDER AND MORGAN COUNTIES ... DOPPLER RADAR AND AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED THAT 0.5 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN FROM FORT COLLINS SOUTHWARD THROUGH AURORA TODAY. THERE HAVE BEEN LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN AT SOME LOCATIONS FROM BROOMFIELD TO DACONO AND BETWEEN LONGMONT AND MEAD TODAY. IN WELD COUNTY NEAR FIRESTONE A BRIDGE ON COUNTY ROAD 13 COLLAPSED THIS MORNING AND THERE WERE ALSO EVACUATIONS IN FIRESTONE. HIGHWAY 6 WAS CLOSED IN PLACES IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. EVERGREEN LAKE WAS OVERFLOWING AND FLOODING HIGHWAY 74 JUST DOWNSTREAM IN EVERGREEN THIS AFTERNOON. STREAMS AND DITCHES WILL CONTINUE TO RUN HIGH AND SOME CREEKS MAY RISE ABOVE BANKFULL AND FLOOD THIS AFTERNOON. PARKS AND RETENTION PONDS WILL ALSO FILL. ROADWAYS MAY ALSO BE UNDERWATER IN INTERSECTIONS ...UNDERPASSES AND OTHER LOW-LYING AREAS. RESIDENTS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM FAST-MOVING WATERS. ADDITIONALLY ...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS ...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS MAY FLOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE ...TURN AROUND ...DONT DROWN. From U.S. National Weather Service: Flood Warning in effect until Monday, Sep 16, 12:29pm. THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE BIG THOMPSON RIVER NEAR LOVELAND. * UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ...OR UNTIL THE STREAM FALLS BELOW FLOOD STAGE. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * FORECAST ...THE RIVER IS FORECAST TO HAVE A MAXIMUM VALUE OF 7.2 FEET THIS MORNING. * IMPACT ...AT 7.0 FEET ...SYLVAN DALE RANCH NEAR CEDAR COVE IS FLOODED. WATER ALSO FLOODS SEVERAL HOUSES WEST OF MARIANNA BUTTE. From U.S. National Weather Service: Flood Warning in effect until Tuesday, Sep 17, 8:15am. THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE NORTH FORK BIG THOMPSON RIVER AT DRAKE. * UNTIL TUESDAY MORNING ...OR UNTIL THE STREAM FALLS BELOW FLOOD STAGE. * AT 1:30 PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.9 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 6.0 FEET. * MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING. * FORECAST ...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TO BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. * IMPACT ...AT 8.0 FEET ...MAJOR FLOODING OCCURS ALONG THE REACH. * FLOOD HISTORY ...THIS STAGE COMPARES TO A PREVIOUS CREST OF 9.3 FEET ON JUL 31 1976 AND 10.2 FEET ON SEPTEMBER 14 2013. From U.S. National Weather Service: Flash Flood Watch in effect until Monday, Sep 16, 12:00am. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT ... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO ...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO ...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS ...IN CENTRAL COLORADO ...JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO ... LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY ...LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET AND SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN NORTHEAST COLORADO ... BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY ...CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY ...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET AND NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT * TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN ONE HOUR OR LESS IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS. THE RAIN WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS ... A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 21:35:25 +0000
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