Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

COZ038-130030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
525 PM MDT   FRIDAY   JULY 12 1996

...THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING PAWNEE GRASSLANDS...

RADAR INDICATES THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAS MOVED ACROSS THE
WYOMING BORDER INTO NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY.  THE THUNDERSTORM WAS
LOCATED 5 MILES NORTH OF ROCKPOR COLORADO OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTH
OF CHEYENNE WYOMIONG AT 525 PM MDT.  IT WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
ABOUT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO THE PAWNEE GRASSLANDS BETWEEN 6 AND 630
PM MDT.

IF YOU ARE IN THE OPEN SEEK SHELTER IF THIS THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES.
IT MAY CONTAIN MARBLE OR LARGER SIZE HAIL ALONG WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  WIND GUSTS TO 40 OR 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE
WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  MOTORISTS DRIVING ALONG HIGHWAY 85 FROM NUNN
NORTH TO THE WYOMING BORDER SHOULD BE ALERT FOR WATER PONDING ON
ROADWAYS ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL 8
PM MDT.

END...GCF...WSFO DENVER

COZ042-043-130145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
718 PM MDT FRI JUL 12 1996

...THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...

AT 710 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF GILL...OR ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF
GREELEY.  HAMD RADIO SPOTTERS REPORT PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
WITH LOCAL STREET FLOODING FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.

PERSONS IN OR NEAR BARNESVILLE...BRIGGSDALE...GALETON...GILL...
KERSEY...PURCELL AND RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF BAD WEATHER
APPROACHES.

HEAVY RAINS MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES. AVOID THESE AREAS AND DO NOT CROSS FLOODED ROADS AS THEY
MAY BE WASHED OUT. WATER LEVELS OF SMALL STREAMS AND RIVERS MAY ALSO
RISE...THEREFORE SEEK HIGHER GROUND IF THREATENED BY FLOOD WATERS.

A TORNADO 2WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER

COZ044-045-049-046-041-130330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
830 PM MDT FRI JUL 12 1996

...THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO...

CLUSTERS OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH DOUGLAS...ELBERT...LINCOLN...
WASHINGTON...MORGAN AND EASTERN ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES ARE DUMPING
HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL.  THE HEAVY RAIN IS FALLING IN SOME LOCATIONS
AT THE RATE OF 1 INCH PER HOUR.  THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE
SOUTHEAST ABOUT 10-20 MPH.

ANYONE TRAVELLING ON I-70 EAST OF DENVER OR I-76 THROUGH MORGAN COUNTY
AS WELL AS OTHER ROADS IN NORTHEAST COLORADO SHOULD DRIVE WITH CAUTION
AND BE ALERT FOR HEAVY RAIN CAUSING LOCAL FLOODING OF STREETS AND
HIGHWAYS ESPECIALLY IN LOW LYING AREAS.

MANY SMALL STREAMS AND CREEKS WILL BE RUNNING QUITE HIGH AND FAST.
DO NOT TRY TO FORD OR WADE ACROSS RAIN SWOLLEN STREAMS.

MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE SLOWLY WEAKENING BUT WILL CONTINUE TO
RUMBLE UNTIL WELL AFTELR DARK.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EASTERN COLORADO UNTIL
MIDNIGHT.

END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER