Alert: Flash Flood Warning issued May 30 at 4:13PM MDT expiring May 30 at 7:15PM MDT by NWS Denver CO

Event: Flash Flood Warning
Sender Name: NWS Denver CO
Issued: 2014-05-30T16:13:54-06:00
Expires: 2014-05-30T19:15:00-06:00
WEA Text: Flash Flood Warning this area til 7:15 PM MDT. Avoid flood areas. Check local media. -NWS
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR…
EASTERN ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO…
SOUTHEASTERN WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO…
CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO…

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 410 PM MDT…DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
BARNESVILLE TO NEAR DEER TRAIL. THE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTH AT 15
MPH. ONE TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN FROM THE
STRONGER STORMS…AND ANOTHER ONE TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE
EXPECTED. FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN SHORTLY.

* SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE…
KEENESBURG…DEER TRAIL…BYERS…PROSPECT VALLEY…ROGGEN…
STRASBURG…RIVERSIDE RESERVOIR AND BARNESVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES…ANTELOPE CREEK…
FIRST CREEK…BIJOU CREEK…HAY GULCH…MIDDLE BIJOU CREEK…MULE
CREEK…EAST BIJOU CREEK…BOX ELDER CREEK…SOUTH PLATTE RIVER…
SANBORN DRAW…CROW CREEK…RATTLESNAKE CREEK…LOST CREEK…WEST
BIJOU CREEK…WILSON CREEK…SAND CREEK…WEST SAND CREEK…SHERMAN
RANCH SLOUGH…KIOWA CREEK…LITTLE COMANCHE CREEK…WOLF CREEK…
COMANCHE CREEK…LITTLE ANTELOPE CREEK…JACK RABBIT CREEK…ROCK
CREEK…EAST LOST CREEK AND COAL CREEK.
Instruction: MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS…COUNTRY ROADS…AS WELL AS FARMLAND AS WELL AS
OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.

Link to more Info: http://www.weather.gov
Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Likely
Categories: Met,
Area Description: Arapahoe; Weld; Adams

Message Identifier: NWS-140501-651225-614249
CAP MessageType: Alert
Added note: – Flash Flood Warnings warnings