Flash Flood Watch for Jeffco & ParkCo 10am Thru 8pm

Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
517 AM MDT FRI MAY 30 2014

...FLASH FLOODING POSSIBLE TODAY...

.SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN AND NEAR THE
NORTHERN COLORADO FRONT RANGE TODAY. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY
DEVELOP IN THE MOUNTAINS BY MIDDAY...AND DEVELOP EASTWARD ONTO THE
PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON. THE HEAVIER STORMS COULD PRODUCE ONE
TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR OR TWO. LOCALLY HIGHER AMOUNTS
ARE POSSIBLE. WITH WET GROUND AND STREAMS FULL FROM RECENT RAINS
AND SNOWMELT...THIS COULD BE ENOUGH TO PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING OF
LOW LYING AREAS AND SMALL STREAMS AND RENEWED RISES ON LARGER
RIVERS.

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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-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES...BAILEY...CENTRAL CITY...EVERGREEN...
GEORGETOWN...IDAHO SPRINGS...WESTCREEK
517 AM MDT FRI MAY 30 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING
THROUGH THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS BETWEEN 6000
AND 9000 FEET.

* FROM 10 AM MDT THIS MORNING THROUGH THIS EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY DURING THE LATE MORNING
THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON.

* FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS IS
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ROCK AND MUD SLIDES. RAPID RISES IN LARGER
STREAMS AND RIVERS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE.

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.

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/bou/