Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
525 AM MDT THU JUL 14 2011

...ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

.MONSOONAL FLOW CONTINUES OVER COLORADO TODAY AND THE STAGE
APPEARS TO BE SET FOR MORE AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS
OVER NORTHEAST COLORADO WHICH WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL. VERY MOIST SOIL CONDITIONS EXIST ACROSS MUCH OF
NORTHEAST COLORADO BECAUSE OF THE REPEATED AFTERNOON SHOWERS THAT
HAVE BEEN OCCURRING OVER THE PAST WEEK. AS ADDITIONAL SHOWERS
OCCUR...RAPID RUNOFF WILL OCCUR SINCE THE SOIL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO
HOLD ADDITIONAL RAINFALL.

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL INCLUDE THE FOURMILE BURN AREA IN
CENTRAL BOULDER COUNTY WHERE HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS WEDNESDAY EVENING
DEMONSTRATED HOW RAPIDLY FLOODING PROBLEMS CAN DEVELOP.

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LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK...FORT COLLINS...
HEREFORD...LOVELAND...NUNN...ARVADA...BOULDER...GOLDEN...
LAKEWOOD...LONGMONT...AURORA...BRIGHTON...CITY OF DENVER...
DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...
PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR...
BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...STONEHAM...EATON...
FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...
WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...
LIMON...MATHESON...CROOK...MERINO...STERLING...PEETZ
525 AM MDT THU JUL 14 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST
CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST
COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL
COLORADO...SOUTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. IN EAST CENTRAL
COLORADO...LIMON VICINITY. IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
BOULDER/WESTERN DENVER SUBURBS...RURAL ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE
COUNTIES...GREELEY VICINITY/SOUTHERN WELD COUNTY...CASTLE
ROCK/PALMER DIVIDE...FORT COLLINS VICINITY/NORTHWEST WELD
COUNTY...LOGAN COUNTY...MORGAN COUNTY...
DENVER/SOUTHERN/NORTHERN/EASTERN DENVER SUBURBS AND NORTHEAST
WELD COUNTY.

* FROM 3 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER THE FOOTHILLS THIS
AFTERNOON WHICH WILL SPREAD ONTO THE PLAINS BY EVENING.
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. HEAVY RAINFALL ON MOIST SOILS WILL RESULT IN POSSIBLE
FLASH FLOODING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...REPEAT THIS IS A WATCH AND NOT A WARNING...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT
NOT IMMINENT...WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING OCCUR...OR IF A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.