NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 328 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...FLASH FLOODING POTENTIAL CONTINUES IN THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS...PALMER DIVIDE...AND ADJACENT PLAINS THROUGH THIS EVENING... .A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN COLORADO THROUGH MONDAY. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE. THE RAINFALL HAS WEAKENED IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE. HOWEVER...THERE IS MORE RAINFALL TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTH BY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND STILL COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES. SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS BEEN ACROSS AURORA...AND EXTENDING THROUGH EAST DENVER AND FURTHER NORTH FROM BROOMFIELD...LONGMONT AND FORT COLLINS. TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS SINCE EARLY THIS MORNING COULD RANGE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES IN SOME LOCATIONS BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR * PORTIONS OF 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 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 SOUTH WELD COUNTY...ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET AND NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY. * UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT * TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 3 INCHES IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH EARLY THIS EVENING. RAINFALL RATES UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN ONE HOUR OR LESS IS EXPECTED WITH THE HEAVIER RAIN SHOWERS. THE RAIN WILL SLOWLY DIMINISH LATER TONIGHT. 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.
Posted on: Sun, 15 Sep 2013 21:31:17 +0000
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