FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
1141 AM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016
...HEAVY RAINS IN THE MOUNTAINS MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...
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SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...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...
FAIRPLAY...
HARTSEL...LAKE GEORGE...SOUTH PARK
1141 AM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016
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FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH THIS EVENING...
THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR
* A PORTION OF CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
AREAS...CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY AND SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES
ABOVE 9000 FEET.
* THROUGH THIS EVENING
* MONSOONAL MOISTURE FLOWING INTO COLORADO FROM THE SOUTH WILL
RESULT IN SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MOUNTAINS
AND HIGH VALLEYS ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-70 THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. HEAVY RAIN FROM THE SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND STORMS
MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN THE WATCH AREA.
* HEAVY RAIN IN STEEP TERRAIN MAY CAUSE MUD AND ROCK SLIDES
WHICH COULD MAKE ROADS IMPASSABLE.
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.