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Flash Flood Warning for Lincoln, CO

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Lincoln
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Severe
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Immediate
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What is happening

At 1048 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges....

What the bulletin says to do

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flooding. Excessive runoff from this storm will cause flash flooding of small creeks and streams, country roads, farmland along creeks, and other low lying areas.

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Bulletin details

At 1048 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 4 inches of rain have fallen. 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... Hugo, Arriba and Genoa. This includes the following streams and drainages... Hell Creek, Long Creek, Dugout Creek, Big Sandy Creek, Sevenmile Creek and South Fork Republican River.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Flash Flood Warning issued July 22 at 10:48PM MDT until July 22 at 11:45PM MDT by NWS Denver CO

    Official revision
  2. Alert

    Flash Flood Warning issued July 22 at 8:48PM MDT until July 22 at 11:45PM MDT by NWS Denver CO

    Official revision

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Publisher: Weather Alert Watch. Primary source: NWS Denver CO. This page reorganizes official fields and does not add a forecast or expand the affected area.

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