Flash Flood Watch through This Evening for Park Co, Clear Creek, Summit

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

...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.