Flash Flood Watch Today For Northern Colorado

Slow moving thunderstorms with heavy rainfall, large hail, and damaging winds are possible this afternoon, prompting the National Weather Service in Denver to issue a Flash Flood Watch for the mountains and foothills of Northern Colorado, including areas of Larimer County.

Flash Flood Watch

FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
315 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE LATER TODAY...

.AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS WILL RESULT IN
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS BY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL AND A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING ESPECIALLY
IN THE RECENT BURN SCARS...INCLUDING THE FOURMILE...RESERVOIR
ROAD...AND CRYSTAL BURN AREAS.

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LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
INCLUDING...ESTES PARK...GLENDEVEY...NEDERLAND...
RED FEATHER LAKES
315 AM MDT TUE JUL 5 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FROM NOON MDT TODAY THROUGH THIS
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR A PORTION OF NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO...
  INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREA...NORTHERN FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.

* FROM NOON MDT TODAY UNTIL 10 PM THIS EVENING

* THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL HAVE
  POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AMOUNTS. RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2
  INCHES IN AN HOUR OR LESS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE STRONGEST
  STORMS.

* THOSE RAINFALL AMOUNTS WOULD BRING A THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
  ESPECIALLY TO THE RECENT BURN SCARS IN THE FOOTHILLS. THIS
  INCLUDES THE FOURMILE...CRYSTAL...AND RESERVOIR ROAD BURN AREAS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

...REPEAT THIS IS A WATCH AND NOT A WARNING...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE...BUT
NOT IMMINENT...WITHIN THE WATCH AREA. PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA
SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE
ACTION SHOULD HEAVY RAINS AND FLASH FLOODING OCCUR...OR IF A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED.