THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
NORTH CENTRAL DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...
* UNTIL 230 PM MDT
* AT 1228 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED 4
MILES WEST OF CHATFIELD RESERVOIR...OR 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
DENVER...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. RADAR INDICATES THAT AT LEAST ONE
INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
SOUTHWESTERN DENVER...SOUTHERN LAKEWOOD...SOUTHWESTERN
CENTENNIAL...HIGHLANDS RANCH...LITTLETON...ENGLEWOOD...GREENWOOD
VILLAGE...EVERGREEN...ROXBOROUGH PARK...SHERIDAN...MORRISON...
CHATFIELD RESERVOIR...TINY TOWN...INDIAN HILLS AND LOUVIERS.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IS EXPECTED OVER THE AREA.
THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL CAUSE MINOR STREET AND URBAN DRAINAGE
FLOODING.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
