THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
WESTERN WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN PARK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
JEFFERSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
LARIMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
CLEAR CREEK COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
WESTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
BROOMFIELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
GILPIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
BOULDER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 730 PM MDT FRIDAY
* AT 726 AM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING CONTINUING
IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS FROM THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE DENVER METRO
AREA NORTH TO THE FORT COLLINS AREA. SOME OF THE PLACES WHERE
FLOODING WAS OCCURRING THIS MORNING INCLUDE THE ST VRAIN
RIVER...LEFTHAND CREEK...BOULDER CREEK...AND COAL CREEK FROM
EASTERN BOULDER COUNTY INTO WELD COUNTY...THE BIG THOMPSON AND
LITTLE THOMPSON RIVER AND CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER IN LARIMER AND
WELD COUNTIES. THERE ARE NUMEROUS ROAD CLOSURES AND SOME ROADS AND
BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT.
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 15 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN IN AND
NEAR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...AND ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL MOVE
ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING WHICH MAY CAUSE RENEWED FLOODING IN
AREAS WHERE THE WATER HAS RECEDED.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DENVER...FORT COLLINS...WESTERN GREELEY...WESTERN AURORA...
LAKEWOOD...THORNTON...ARVADA...WESTMINSTER...CENTENNIAL...
BOULDER...LONGMONT...LOVELAND...BROOMFIELD...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
COMMERCE CITY...NORTHWESTERN PARKER...LITTLETON...NORTHGLENN...
BRIGHTON...ENGLEWOOD...WHEAT RIDGE...LAFAYETTE...GOLDEN...
WINDSOR...LOUISVILLE...ERIE...GREENWOOD VILLAGE...EVERGREEN...
SUPERIOR AND FEDERAL HEIGHTS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES IN URBAN AREAS.
ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF
CREEKS...STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLOODING.
DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.
