Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
500 AM MDT THU SEP 12 2013

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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
500 AM MDT THU SEP 12 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE
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...JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST
PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET. IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY AND
LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET. IN
NORTHEAST COLORADO...BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000
FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD 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.

* FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING

* PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ON ALREADY SATURATED SOILS MAY RESULT
IN FURTHER FLASH FLOODING FOR PORTIONS OF THE FRONT RANGE
FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS.

* HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND DURING THE
EVENING HOURS.

* HEAVY RAINFALL COULD PRODUCE MUD AND ROCK SLIDES IN FOOTHILL
AREAS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SERIOUS DEBRIS FLOWS IN AND
DOWNSTREAM FROM THE FOOTHILL BURN SCARS. SERIOUS URBAN AND
STREET MAY ALSO OCCUR ON THE PLAINS WITH RAINFALL RATES OF ONE
INCH OR MORE PER HOUR.

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.