#NWS #flood #nwsflashflood #FlashFloodWarning Flash Flood Warning for Douglas, CO; Elbert, CO #COwx FFWBOU The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... West Central Elbert County in east central Colorado... East Central Douglas […] [Original post on ai6yr.org]
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Flash Flood Warning issued August 14 at 2:07PM MDT until August 14 at 5:00PM MDT by NWS Denver COFFWBOU The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... West Central Elbert County in east central Colorado... East Central Douglas County in northeastern Colorado... * Until 500 PM MDT. * At 207 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges. IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, gulches, roads, and poor drainage and low-lying areas. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Elizabeth, Franktown, Ponderosa Park and Castlewood Canyon. This includes the following streams and drainages... Gold Creek, Running Creek, Willow Creek, Cherry Creek, Coal Creek, Bayou Gulch, East Plum Creek, Lake Gulch and East Cherry Creek.