Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Denver/Boulder, CO

360 
WGUS75 KBOU 140259
FFSBOU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
859 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

COC013-140500-
/O.CON.KBOU.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110714T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOULDER CO-
859 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL BOULDER COUNTY...

SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING WAS OBSERVED EARLIER THIS EVENING IN THE 
FOURMILE BURN AREA AND ALONG FOURMILE CREEK DOWN TO BOULDER CREEK. 
 
THE CREST OF THE FLOOD WATERS WAS NOW MOVING EASTWARD THROUGH THE 
CITY OF BOULDER...WITH A SLOW DECREASE IN FLOWS EXPECTED THROUGH THE 
COURSE OF THE EVENING.  WHILE NO SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING WAS 
OBSERVED IN BOULDER...SOME TRAILS AND BIKE PATHS ALONG BOULDER CREEK 
MAY BE FLOODED IN TOWN.

THERE WERE REPORTS FROM EARLIER THIS EVENING OF 3 TO 4 FEET OF WATER 
RUNNING OVER THE ROAD NEAR THE JUNCTION OF FOURMILE CANYON ROAD AND 
GOLD RUN ROAD.  SOME HOMES HAD WATER UP TO THE WINDOWS AT THAT 
LOCATION AS WELL.  THOSE FLOOD WATERS HAVE SUBSIDED.  HOWEVER...MANY 
ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS MAY BE WASHED OUT.

LOCATIONS REMAINING IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
WALLSTREET...SUNSHINE...SUMMERVILLE...SALINA...ORODELL...CRISMAN...
AND GOLD HILL.  

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A LIFE THREATENING SITUATION. HEAVY RAINFALL HAS CAUSED
EXTENSIVE AND SEVERE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS...STREAMS...AND DITCHES
IN THE FOURMILE BURN AREA. SOME DRAINAGE BASINS IMPACTED INCLUDE 
FOURMILE CREEK...GOLD RUN...AND FOURMILE CANYON CREEK. SEVERE DEBRIS 
FLOWS CAN ALSO BE ANTICIPATED ACROSS ROADS. ROADS AND DRIVEWAYS HAVE 
BEEN WASHED AWAY IN PLACES...AND TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE 
FOURMILE BURN AREA.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE 
ROADWAY AS THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO 
CROSS SAFELY. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A 
FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR 
VEHICLE. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

&&

LAT...LON 4009 10536 4008 10530 4007 10527 4004 10527
      4000 10525 4000 10532 4002 10540 4005 10544

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BARJENBRUCH

194 
WGUS75 KBOU 140351
FFSBOU

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
951 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

COC013-140357-
/O.CAN.KBOU.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-110714T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BOULDER CO-
951 PM MDT WED JUL 13 2011

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL BOULDER
COUNTY...

ALL STREAMS INCLUDING FOURMILE CREEK AND BOULDER CREEK WERE RECEDING 
QUICKLY AND RETURNING TO NORMAL FLOWS.

BOULDER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NUMEROUS ROADS AND 
DRIVEWAYS IN THE FOURMILE BURN AREA AND ALONG FOURMILE CREEK WERE 
WASHED OUT EARLIER THIS EVENING.  NUMEROUS DEBRIS FLOWS HAVE ALSO 
OCCURRED.  TRAVEL MAY BE IMPOSSIBLE IN THE BURN AREA AND IS NOT 
RECOMMENDED.

THERE IS STILL A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE EARLY MORNING 
HOURS...SO RESIDENTS AND EMERGENCY OFFICIALS ARE URGED TO REMAIN 
ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

LAT...LON 4009 10536 4008 10530 4007 10527 4004 10527
      4000 10525 4000 10532 4002 10540 4005 10544

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BARJENBRUCH