Flood Warning
National Weather Service
FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO 400 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 COC001-005-013-014-019-031-035-047-059-069-075-087-115-121-123- 160300- /O.CON.KBOU.FA.W.0009.000000T0000Z-130916T0300Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ ARAPAHOE CO-WELD CO-WASHINGTON CO-SEDGWICK CO-JEFFERSON CO- LARIMER CO-CLEAR CREEK CO-BROOMFIELD CO-DOUGLAS CO-ADAMS CO- GILPIN CO-DENVER CO-LOGAN CO-BOULDER CO-MORGAN CO- 400 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013 ...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT SUNDAY FOR WESTERN ARAPAHOE...WELD...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...NORTHERN SEDGWICK...JEFFERSON...EASTERN LARIMER...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN CLEAR CREEK...BROOMFIELD...NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS...ADAMS...EASTERN GILPIN... DENVER...LOGAN...BOULDER AND MORGAN COUNTIES... AT 330 PM MDT...THERE WERE REPORTS OF NUMEROUS ROADS CLOSED OR IMPASSABLE DUE TO FLOODING IN SOUTHWEST WELD COUNTY AROUND THE TOWNS OF FIRESTONE AND FREDERICK. THE RAINFALL HAS WEAKENED IN INTENSITY THIS AFTERNOON AND BECOME MORE SHOWERY IN NATURE. HOWEVER...RAINFALL MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH LATE THIS AFTERNOON COULD STILL BE HEAVY AT TIMES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. NEVER DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. FLOOD WATERS ARE USUALLY DEEPER THAN THEY APPEAR. JUST ONE FOOT OF FLOWING WATER IS POWERFUL ENOUGH TO SWEEP VEHICLES OFF THE ROAD. WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS MAKE THE SMART CHOICE...TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN.
