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WGUS55 KBOU 162054
FFWBOU
COC039-162330-
/O.NEW.KBOU.FF.W.0033.260816T2054Z-260816T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
254 PM MDT SUN AUG 16 2026
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT.
* AT 254 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 1 INCH 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...
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.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
BE AWARE OF YOUR SURROUNDINGS AND DO NOT DRIVE ON FLOODED ROADS.
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS, COUNTRY ROADS, FARMLAND ALONG CREEKS, AND OTHER
LOW LYING AREAS.
LAT...LON 3926 10430 3913 10432 3913 10410 3919 10406
3930 10418
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
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