Flash Flood Warning

FFWBOU

The National Weather Service in Denver has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for... East Central Douglas County in northeastern Colorado...

* Until 500 PM MDT.

* At 213 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.5 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... Castlewood Canyon.

This includes the following streams and drainages... Cherry Creek, Willow Creek, East Plum Creek and Lake Gulch.