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Flash Flood Warning for Weld, CO

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Weld
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What is happening

At 730 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by...

What the bulletin says to do

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. 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 730 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.5 and 3.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms. SOURCE...Radar indicated. 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... Grover and Hereford. This includes the following streams and drainages... Owl Creek, Little Crow Creek, Wildhorse Creek, West Fork Willow Creek, Howard Creek, North Fork Geary Creek, Robinson Creek, Little Owl Creek, Coal Creek, Crow Creek, Little Simpson Creek, Willow Creek, Geary Creek, Sand Creek and Simpson Creek.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Flash Flood Warning issued August 14 at 7:30PM MDT until August 14 at 8:30PM MDT by NWS Denver CO

    Official revision
  2. Alert

    Flash Flood Warning issued August 14 at 5:31PM MDT until August 14 at 8:30PM 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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