Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
355 AM MDT MON SEP 16 2013

...STILL SOME POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IN AND NEAR THE
FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS...

.LINGERING MOISTURE COMBINED WITH AFTERNOON HEATING WILL ALLOW FOR
THE DEVELOPMENT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MOUNTAINS AND
FOOTHILLS THIS AFTERNOON. AT LOWER ELEVATIONS THERE WILL BE WIDELY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. A FEW OF THE STORMS COULD
STILL PRODUCE UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 30 MINUTES. WITH
THE GROUND REMAINING VERY SATURATED A FEW LOCATIONS MAY SEE FLASH
FLOODING.



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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-
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
355 AM MDT MON SEP 16 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH EARLY 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.

* FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS EVENING

* A FEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN IN LESS
THAN 30 MINUTES THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.


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.