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Flash Flood Warning

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Larimer, CO

Status In Progress Started 24 minutes ago
Ends
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Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Likely

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At 155 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain fell earlier over the Buckhorn Creek Basin within the Cameron Peak Burn Scar. Between 1 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Excessive rainfall over the warning area will cause debris flows near steep terrain. A debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose materials.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms in and around the Buckhorn Creek Basin within the Cameron Peak Burn Scar.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Flooding of areas in and around the Buckhorn Creek Basin within the Cameron Peak Burn Scar.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mainly rural areas of East Central Larimer County.
This includes the following streams and drainages... Redstone Creek, Eld Creek, North Fork Fish Creek, Buckhorn Creek, Pennock Creek, Sheep Creek and Cedar Creek.
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