FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
230 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2014
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JEFFERSON CO-DENVER CO-
230 PM MDT TUE AUG 26 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHWESTERN DENVER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 229 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS LOCATED
NEAR MORRISON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DENVER...MOVING EAST AT
20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE AROUND THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH
OF RAIN IN 20 MINUTES.
* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
DENVER...LAKEWOOD...NORTHERN ENGLEWOOD...SOUTHEASTERN GOLDEN...
SHERIDAN AND MORRISON.
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.