Flash Flood Watch for Jeffco & ParkCo Tuesday thru Wednesday Afternoon

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
140 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2014

...HEAVY RAIN LIKELY FOR THE FRONT RANGE AND EASTERN PLAINS
TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

.MONSOON MOISTURE COMBINED WITH A MOIST EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW
WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY
AFTERNOON AND INTO WEDNESDAY. AN UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM WILL HELP
TRIGGER THE SHOWERS AND STORMS...WHICH IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE
THROUGH THE NIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AS A SECOND UPPER LEVEL
SYSTEM PASSES OVER THE STATE. WIDESPREAD RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE
LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE
OVER A FEW HOURS.

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SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-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-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
WASHINGTON COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CAMERON PASS...
LARAMIE AND MEDICINE BOW MOUNTAINS...RABBIT EARS RANGE...
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...WILLOW CREEK PASS...
BERTHOUD PASS...BRECKENRIDGE...EAST SLOPES MOSQUITO RANGE...
EAST SLOPES SOUTHERN GORE RANGE...EISENHOWER TUNNEL...
INDIAN PEAKS...KENOSHA MOUNTAINS...MOUNT EVANS...
WILLIAMS FORK MOUNTAINS...WINTER PARK...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...AURORA...BRIGHTON...
CITY OF DENVER...DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT...HIGHLANDS RANCH...
LITTLETON...PARKER...CASTLE ROCK...ELBERT...FONDIS...KIOWA...
LARKSPUR...BRIGGSDALE...GROVER...PAWNEE BUTTES...RAYMER...
STONEHAM...EATON...FORT LUPTON...GREELEY...ROGGEN...BRUSH...
FORT MORGAN...GOODRICH...WIGGINS...BENNETT...BYERS...DEER TRAIL...
LEADER...AGATE...HUGO...LIMON...MATHESON...FORDER...KARVAL...
KUTCH...PUNKIN CENTER...AKRON...COPE...LAST CHANCE...OTIS
140 PM MDT MON JUL 28 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO...EAST 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 AND SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN
EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY
BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST ELBERT
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY. IN NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO...LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD
COUNTY...LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000
FEET AND SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST
GRAND/NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET. IN NORTHEAST
COLORADO...BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST
BROOMFIELD COUNTY...CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE
COUNTIES...CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND
EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET...MORGAN COUNTY...NORTH
DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE
COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY...NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY AND
WASHINGTON COUNTY.

* FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON

* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE 1 TO 2
INCHES OF RAIN TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY. SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY TRAIN OR REFORM OVER THE SAME AREAS AND
PRODUCE SEVERAL INCHES OF RAINFALL.

* FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH ROCK AND MUD SLIDES. IF YOU LIVE IN FLOOD
PRONE AREAS OR WILL BE TRAVELING...STAY ALERT TO THE WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED FOR RAPIDLY RISING WATER LEVELS.

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.

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