Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
417 AM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN THE
FOOTHILLS...OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE AND IN THE MOUNTAINS SOUTH OF I-70...

.MONSOON MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A WEATHER DISTURBANCE MOVING
ACROSS COLORADO WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE MOUNTAINS...FOOTHILLS AND OVER
THE PALMER DIVIDE. IN ADDITION THE THREAT OF HEAVY RAIN COULD
EVENTUALLY DEVELOP FURTHER EAST ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN
CORRIDOR AND ACROSS THE ADJACENT PLAINS BY THIS EVENING AS WELL.


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SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-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-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
INCLUDING...BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...
EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...
EISENHOWER TUNNEL...INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...
MOUNT EVANS...WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...
ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...
WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...
CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR
417 AM MDT TUE AUG 2 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO AND NORTHEAST COLORADO...INCLUDING THE
FOLLOWING AREAS...IN CENTRAL COLORADO...SOUTH PARK...SOUTHERN
FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND INDIAN PEAKS/MOUNTAINS OF SUMMIT
COUNTY/KENOSHA MOUNTAINS/EAST SLOPE MOSQUITO RANGE. IN NORTH
CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. IN
NORTHEAST COLORADO...CASTLE ROCK/PALMER DIVIDE.

* FROM 2 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING MAY PRODUCE
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 2 INCHES IN LESS THAN HOUR WITH ISOLATED
AMOUNTS UP TO 3 INCHES IN 90 MINUTES IN A FEW AREAS.


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.