FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
539 PM MDT FRI AUG 14 2015
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JEFFERSON CO-PARK CO-
539 PM MDT FRI AUG 14 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN JEFFERSON AND EAST CENTRAL PARK COUNTIES...
AT 532 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED EASTWARD OVER SOUTHWEST DOUGLAS AND NORTHERN
TELLER COUNTIES. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND THREE
INCHES OF RAIN FELL BETWEEN 300 PM AND 500 PM. RUNOFF AND FLASH
FLOODING FROM THE HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE IN THE WARNED
AREA FOR THE NEXT ONE TO TWO HOURS.
EXCESSIVE RAINFALL OVER THE WARNING AREA MAY ALSO CAUSE MUD SLIDES
NEAR STEEP TERRAIN. THE MUD SLIDE CAN CONSIST OF ROCK...MUD...
VEGETATION AND OTHER LOOSE MATERIALS.
SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
WILKERSON PASS...BUFFALO CREEK AND CHEESMAN RESERVOIR.
DRAINAGES THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE CABIN
CREEK...TRAMWAY CREEK...GOOSE CREEK AND THE SOUTH FORK OF BUFFALO
CREEK...ABOVE CHEESMAN RESERVOIR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS
AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD
ALSO TRIGGER ROCK SLIDES OR DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN.
AS DARKNESS APPROACHES...MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODED
ROADWAYS OR POSSIBLE WASHED OUT BRIDGES.
