FLASH FLOOD WARNING-Update 12:05am-ParkCo-Conifer-Evergreen

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
723 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
GILPIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT

* AT 720 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN WAS
OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EVERGREEN...IDAHO SPRINGS...GEORGETOWN...CENTRAL CITY...EMPIRE...
SILVER PLUME...BLACK HAWK...DUMONT...FLOYD HILL...MT EVANS...ST
MARYS GLACIER...TOLLAND...KITTREDGE...CONIFER...ASPEN SPRINGS...
PINE JUNCTION...BLUE VALLEY...PINE...BROOKVALE...ECHO LAKE...HARRIS
PARK...BERGEN PARK...HIGHLAND PARK...SHAWNEE...EAST PORTAL...
ROLLINSVILLE...ASPEN PARK AND INDIAN HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD
ALSO TRIGGER ROCK SLIDES OR DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.

FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1209 AM MDT FRI SEP 13 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
GILPIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 600 AM MDT

* AT 1205 AM MDT...THE JEFFERSON COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED EVACUATIONS
WERE TAKING PLACE ALONG UPPER BEAR CREEK. BEAR CREEK WAS RUNNING
EXTREMELY HIGH ALL THE WAY DOWN THROUGH MORRISON. CONSIDERABLE
FLOODING CAN BE EXPECTED ALONG THE ENTIRE STRETCH OF BEAR CREEK
TONIGHT...AS WELL AS ALONG MANY OTHER STREAMS AND CREEKS IN THE
WARNED AREA.

DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE RAIN FALLING ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA...ADDING TO FLASH FLOOD PROBLEMS. ANOTHER ONE HALF TO ONE INCH
OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
GOLDEN...EVERGREEN...IDAHO SPRINGS... GEORGETOWN...CENTRAL
CITY...MORRISON...EMPIRE...SILVER PLUME...BLACK
HAWK...DUMONT...FLOYD HILL...MT EVANS...ROLLINSVILLE...TINY
TOWN...ST MARYS GLACIER...TOLLAND...KITTREDGE...CONIFER...ASPEN
SPRINGS...PINE JUNCTION...BLUE VALLEY...PINE...BROOKVALE...
IDLEDALE...ECHO LAKE...HARRIS PARK...BERGEN PARK...HIGHLAND PARK
AND ASPEN PARK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD
ALSO TRIGGER ROCK SLIDES OR DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING. IT IS BEST TO NOT DRIVE AT ALL. THIS IS A VERY
DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING SITUATION.

MountainTown Alerts wrote: FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
723 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN PARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
NORTHWESTERN JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
GILPIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...

* UNTIL 1015 PM MDT

* AT 720 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED MODERATE RAIN WAS
OCCURRING ACROSS NORTHWEST JEFFERSON AND CLEAR CREEK COUNTIES.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO ONE INCH PER HOUR WILL BE POSSIBLE.

FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
EVERGREEN...IDAHO SPRINGS...GEORGETOWN...CENTRAL CITY...EMPIRE...
SILVER PLUME...BLACK HAWK...DUMONT...FLOYD HILL...MT EVANS...ST
MARYS GLACIER...TOLLAND...KITTREDGE...CONIFER...ASPEN SPRINGS...
PINE JUNCTION...BLUE VALLEY...PINE...BROOKVALE...ECHO LAKE...HARRIS
PARK...BERGEN PARK...HIGHLAND PARK...SHAWNEE...EAST PORTAL...
ROLLINSVILLE...ASPEN PARK AND INDIAN HILLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD
ALSO TRIGGER ROCK SLIDES OR DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLOODING.