Flash Flood Warning

FFWBOU

The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern Elbert County in east central Colorado... Southeastern Adams County in northeastern Colorado... Central Arapahoe and Eastern Arapahoe County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 1015 PM MDT.

* At 708 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 2.5 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... Deer Trail, Agate, Cottonwood Valley, Byers and Strasburg.

This includes the following streams and drainages... Little Comanche Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Hay Gulch, West Bijou Creek, Wolf Creek, East Bijou Creek, First Creek, Comanche Creek, Muddy Creek, Middle Bijou Creek, Rattlesnake Creek, Badger Creek, Key Creek, Wilson Creek, Beaver Creek, Middlemist Creek and Agate Creek.