[CoARES-D10] FLOOD WATCH & HAZARDOUS WX OUTLOOK

[Laurie Robert]

FLOOD WATCH
COZ035-036-038>041-160600-

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
351 AM MDT THU JUL 15 2004

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR
FLASH FLOODING EFFECTIVE FROM 3 PM UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT THURSDAY
EVENING FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO
CENTRAL AND EASTERN LARIMER

IN NORTHEAST COLORADO
JEFFERSON...DOUGLAS...WESTERN ARAPAHOE...CENTRAL AND EASTERN
BOULDER...WESTERN ADAMS...DENVER...NORTHWESTERN WELD...AND
BROOMFIELD

IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO
WESTERN ELBERT

...REPEAT THIS IS A WATCH AND NOT A WARNING...

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING.  A
VERY MOIST ATMOSPHERE AND SLOW STORM MOVEMENT WILL ALLOW STRONGER
THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD
OF TIME.  THE HIGHEST THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING EXISTS ACROSS THE
BURN AREAS OF THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS IN THE FRONT
RANGE METRO AREAS.

A FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH
AREA...BUT IS NOT IMMINENT.

PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY
RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING LATER TODAY.  MONITOR THE LATEST WEATHER
CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL
RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION.

LAT...LON 4106 10464 4054 10512 3997 10512 4000 10458
3961 10457 3936 10441 3914 10406 3915 10530
3955 10529 3994 10538 4046 10547 4047 10531
4109 10577

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BARJENBRUCH






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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
531 AM MDT THU JUL 15 2004

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND
COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000
FEET-SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST
GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/
SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-LARIMER AND
BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-JEFFERSON AND WEST
DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK
COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-LARIMER
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-BOULDER AND JEFFERSON
COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-NORTH DOUGLAS
COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/
EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES
ABOVE 6000 FEET-NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD
COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS
COUNTY-
531 AM MDT THU JUL 15 2004

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BRING A THREAT OF HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH
FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE STORMS WILL FIRST DEVELOP
OVER THE MOUNTAINS BY LATE MORNING AND THEN SPREAD AND DEVELOP
EASTWARD ACROSS THE PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  THE
STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD THIS EVENING AND
PRODUCE AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL.  AT THIS TIME...THE HIGHEST THREAT
OF FLASH FLOOD PRODUCING STORMS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THE FOOTHILLS
EASTWARD ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE METRO AREAS WHERE A FLOOD WATCH HAS
BEEN POSTED.  BURN AREAS IN THE FOOTHILLS MAY BE ESPECIALLY
SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING.

STORMS THAT DEVELOP TODAY WILL BE SLOW MOVING.  THE STRONGEST STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN AN HOUR.  A
COUPLE STORMS MAY BECOME BRIEFLY SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL UP TO 1
INCH IN DIAMETER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL LINGER THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH SOME
STORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL IN AND ALONG THE
FRONT RANGE. A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS...AND DEEP UPSLOPE
FLOW WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE RETURN TO WET AND UNSEASONABLY COOL
WEATHER...ESPECIALLY IN AREAS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.
THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BECOME SEVERE DUE TO
THE COOLER TEMPERATURES...HOWEVER STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL IN
ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL.

DRIER AND WARMER CONDITIONS SHOULD RETURN FOR THE WEEKEND...HOWEVER
LEFT OVER MOISTURE AND STRONG SOLAR HEATING MAY BE ENOUGH TO
GENERATE AT LEAST ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
THESE CONDITIONS SHOULD EXIST THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED TODAY OR TONIGHT.  HOWEVER...
ANY REPORTS OF RAINFALL GREATER THAN 1 INCH WOULD BE APPRECIATED.

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BARJENBRUCH/BAKER




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