NWS / NOAA weather: Flash Flood Warning issued August 16 at 3:23PM MDT until August 16 at 5:30PM MDT by NWS Denver CO
At 323 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated that
thunderstorms producing heavy rain had moved out of the warned area.
Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall
amounts up to 0.3 inches are possible in the warned area. 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...
Mainly rural areas of south central Elbert County.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
West Bijou Creek, East Bijou Creek, Reed Springs Creek, Big Sandy
Creek, Spring Branch and Antelope Creek.
- Severity
- Severe (4/5) · CAP Severe
- This month
- 1282nd Weather alert at severity 4+ in the last 30 days