Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

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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

COZ040-130530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1049 PM MDT FRI JUL 12 1996

...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM CRUSING THROUGH THE DENVER AREA...

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTH THROUGH THE DENVER METRO AREA
BRINGING MORE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.  THE AREAS
MOST AFFECTED BY THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL BE ARVADA...DENVER...LAKEWOOD
EDGEWATER...LEYDEN...MOUNTAIN VIEW...WESTMINSTER AND WHEAT RIDGE

AT 1050 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
A THUNDERSTORM OVER ARVADA ...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DENVER.

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.

END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER

COZALL-130530-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1049 PM MDT FRI JUL 12 1996

...TORNADO WATCH FOR EASTERN COLORADO CANCELLED...

THE TORNADO WATCH THAT COVERED A LARGE PORTION OF EASTERN COLORADO HAS
BEEN CANCELLED AT 11 PM MDT.  ALTHOUGH A COUPLE OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE
STILL RUMBLING IN THE DENVER AREA AND OVER THE PALMER DIVIDE...THEY ARE
WEAKENING AND NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED IN NORTHEAST
COLORADO TONIGHT".

END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER

COZ038-039-040-041-130700-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
1155 PM MDT FRI JUL 12 1996

...LOCAL HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES ALONG FRONT RANGE...

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS STRETCH FROM NEAR LYONS IN LARIMER
COUNTY SOUTHEAST THROUGH BOULDER...SOUTHWEST WELD...DENVER AND INTO
DOUGLAS AND ELBERT COUNTIES.  THESE CELLS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST
ABOUT 10-20 MPH AND ARE CAUSING MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN IN A FEW
LOCATIONS.  THE ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL EXACERBATE THE LOCAL FLOODING OF
STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS.  SMALL HAIL
IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS.

MOTORISTS NEED TO REMAIN ALERT FOR FLOODED ROADS AND HIGHWAYS ESPECIALLY
IN LOW LYING AREAS.  AVOID SWOLLEN AND SWIFT FLOWING STREAMS.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MDT FOR PORTIONS
OF JEFFERSON AND PARK COUNTIES MAINLY IN THE AREA WHERE A WILDFIRE
DENUDED THE LANDSCAPE AROUND BUFFALO CREEK.

END...BOODA...WSFO DENVER