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WGUS85 KBOU 162148
FLSBOU
FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO
348 PM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
COC035-039-162345-
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DOUGLAS CO-ELBERT CO-
348 PM MDT WED SEP 16 2026
..FLOOD ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED.
* WHERE...SOUTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO...
SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN COLORADO...
* WHEN...UNTIL 545 PM MDT.
* IMPACTS...MINOR FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 348 PM MDT, DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS. MINOR FLOODING IS ONGOING OR EXPECTED TO BEGIN
SHORTLY IN THE ADVISORY AREA. BETWEEN 1 AND 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
HAVE FALLEN.
- THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING STREAMS AND DRAINAGES...
CHERRY CREEK, CROWFOOT CREEK, WEST CHERRY CREEK, RUNNING CREEK,
WEST KIOWA CREEK, EAST CHERRY CREEK, ELK CREEK AND KIOWA CREEK.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 0.5 INCHES ARE EXPECTED OVER
THE AREA. THIS ADDITIONAL RAIN WILL RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING.
- SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN ELBERT AND SOUTHEASTERN
DOUGLAS COUNTIES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.
LAT...LON 3920 10472 3920 10459 3919 10459 3919 10457
3918 10457 3918 10456 3917 10456 3917 10455
3915 10455 3915 10456 3914 10456 3913 10457
3913 10473 3918 10473
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