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Flood Advisory for Lincoln, CO

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What you need to know

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Lincoln
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Minor
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Official certainty
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What is happening

What: Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. Impacts: Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry creeks. Where: East Central Lincoln County in east central Colorado... When: Until 915 PM MDT.

What the bulletin says to do

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause minor flooding of small creeks and streams, country roads, farmland along creeks, and other low lying areas.

Full official description

Bulletin details

* WHAT...Flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues. * WHERE...East Central Lincoln County in east central Colorado... * WHEN...Until 915 PM MDT. * IMPACTS...Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas. Rises in small streams and normally dry creeks. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS... At 701 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to thunderstorms, with additional thunderstorms currently entering the area. Minor flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly in the advisory area. Between 1 and 2 inches of rain have fallen. This includes the following streams and drainages... South Fork Republican River and Hell Creek. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Arriba.

Lifecycle record

Official revisions

2 captured
  1. Update

    Flood Advisory issued July 22 at 7:02PM MDT until July 22 at 9:15PM MDT by NWS Denver CO

    Official revision
  2. Alert

    Flood Advisory issued July 22 at 6:16PM MDT until July 22 at 9:15PM MDT by NWS Denver CO

    Official revision

Source and limitations

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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