Shared via Jeffco Sheriff:
New Flood Warning from NOAA to include Jefferson County until 7:30am Saturday morning.
http://alerts.weather.gov/cap/co.php?x=1
Flood Warning
Alert:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS EXTENDED THE
* 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 AM MDT SATURDAY
* AT 156 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLOODING CONTINUING
IN NUMEROUS LOCATIONS FROM THE NORTHERN AND WESTERN PORTION OF
THE DENVER METRO AREA NORTH TO THE FORT COLLINS AREA. SOME OF THE
PLACES WHERE FLOODING WAS OCCURRING INCLUDED THE ST VRAIN
RIVER...LEFTHAND CREEK...BOULDER CREEK...AND COAL CREEK FROM
EASTERN BOULDER COUNTY INTO WELD COUNTY...THE BIG THOMPSON AND
LITTLE THOMPSON RIVERS...AND CACHE LA POUDRE RIVER IN LARIMER AND
WELD COUNTIES. THERE ARE WIDESPREAD ROAD CLOSURES AND SOME ROADS
AND BRIDGES HAVE BEEN WASHED OUT.
ADDITIONAL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING...
WHICH MAY CAUSE RENEWED FLOODING IN AREAS WHERE THE WATER HAS
RECEDED. BE PREPARED TO EVACUATE IF YOU LIVE IN A LOW LYING AREA.
HAVE YOUR IMPORTANT PERSONAL BELONGINGS TOGETHER IN THE EVENT OF AN
EVACUATION.
*
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.
Instructions: 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.
