Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
424 AM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

.ABUNDANT MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL BE OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. LIGHT WINDS ALOFT WILL LEAD TO SLOW MOVING
THUNDERSTORMS. THE HEAVY RAIN FROM THE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.

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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-
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...BAILEY...
CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...
WESTCREEK...FAIRPLAY...HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK...
CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...LARKSPUR
424 AM MDT FRI JUL 30 2010

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF 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 NORTHEAST COLORADO...
CASTLE ROCK/PALMER DIVIDE.

* FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING THE
POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES
PER HOUR WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS.

* PLACES IN THE MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND THE HAYMAN BURN AREA MAY
SEE ROCK OR MUD SLIDES FROM THE HEAVY RAIN.

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.