THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO... EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO... * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 254 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS EXPANDING AND PRODUCING ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN SOUTH OF CASTLEWOOD CANYON...WITH SIMILAR AMOUNTS EXPECTED IN THE PARKER AND PINERY AREA. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY. * SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... CASTLE ROCK...PARKER...LONE TREE...ELIZABETH...LARKSPUR... FRANKTOWN...PONDEROSA PARK...THE PINERY...BEVERLY HILLS...SURREY RIDGE...SEDALIA AND PERRY PARK. * THIS WARNING EXPANDS AND SUPERCEDES THE PREVIOUS WARNING THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST DOUGLAS COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY... COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING. TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. && LAT...LON 3917 10485 3924 10497 3945 10498 3957 10485 3956 10452 3913 10466 -SWC-
Posted on: Sat, 14 Sep 2013 20:57:21 +0000
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