Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

COZ035-036-038>041-043-060230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
755 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 1997

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF
RAINFALL OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR...

AT 755 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR...FROM FORT COLLINS
TO THE SOUTHERN DENVER METRO AREA.  RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS AND RADAR
ESTIMATES INDICATE THESE SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING 0.50 TO 1.00 INCH OF
RAIN AS THEY PUSHED SOUTHEASTWARD AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR MINOR URBAN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...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.

RJK

COZ035-036-038>041-043-060230-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO
755 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 1997

...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING ONE HALF TO ONE INCH OF
RAINFALL OVER THE URBAN CORRIDOR...

AT 755 PM WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS PUSHING ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR...FROM FORT COLLINS
TO THE SOUTHERN DENVER METRO AREA.  RAINFALL MEASUREMENTS AND RADAR
ESTIMATES INDICATE THESE SHOWERS WERE PRODUCING 0.50 TO 1.00 INCH OF
RAIN AS THEY PUSHED SOUTHEASTWARD AT 25 MPH.

PEOPLE ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR MINOR URBAN FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS...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.

RJK

COZ035>050-061200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
840 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 1997

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO TO CONTINUE...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE
BEEN REPORTED BY RADAR ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR THIS EVENING
...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. TIMING AND EXACT LOCATION
OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BE DIFFICULT...BUT ALL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO BELOW ABOUT 8000 FEET WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING.

REMEMBER THAT HEAVY RAINS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED THE RAINFALL NEEDED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING. PERSONS ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN URBAN AREAS SHOULD BE
PARTICULARLY ALERT FOR FLASH FLOODING. THERE WILL BE LITTLE TIME TO
REACT AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS BEGIN AND NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD
BE TAKEN BEFOREHAND.

TUNNELL/TA

COZ035>050-061200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
840 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 1997

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR NORTHEASTERN COLORADO TO CONTINUE...

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MOST OF NORTHEASTERN COLORADO WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE NIGHT. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES HAVE
BEEN REPORTED BY RADAR ACROSS THE URBAN CORRIDOR THIS EVENING
...WITH LIGHTER AMOUNTS OVER MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF NORTHEASTERN
COLORADO.

A SERIES OF DISTURBANCES WILL BE AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN COLORADO
DURING THE REMAINDER OF THE NIGHT. TIMING AND EXACT LOCATION
OF THESE DISTURBANCES WILL BE DIFFICULT...BUT ALL AREAS OF
NORTHEASTERN COLORADO BELOW ABOUT 8000 FEET WILL BE SUSCEPTIBLE TO
HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING.

REMEMBER THAT HEAVY RAINS DURING THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAVE
SIGNIFICANTLY DECREASED THE RAINFALL NEEDED TO PRODUCE SIGNIFICANT
FLOODING. PERSONS ALONG SMALL STREAMS AND IN URBAN AREAS SHOULD BE
PARTICULARLY A\LERT FOR FLASH FLOODING. THERE WILL BE LITTLE TIME TO
REACT AFTER THE HEAVY RAINS BEGIN AND NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS SHOULD
BE TAKEN BEFOREHAND.

TUNNELL/TA