FLOOD WATCH
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND JUNCTION CO
134 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

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ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS-
GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL MOUNTAIN VALLEYS-
WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS-FLATTOPS-
NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF…COLUMBINE…TOPONAS…ASPEN…VAIL…
SNOWMASS…CRESTED BUTTE…TAYLOR PARK…MARBLE…BUFORD…
TRAPPERS LAKE…OURAY…TELLURIDE…LAKE CITY…SILVERTON…
RICO…HESPERUS
134 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012

…FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS
EVENING…

THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR

* PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLORADO…NORTHWEST COLORADO…SOUTHWEST
  COLORADO AND WEST CENTRAL COLORADO…INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING
  AREAS…IN CENTRAL COLORADO…FLATTOPS. IN NORTHWEST
  COLORADO…ELKHEAD AND PARK MOUNTAINS. IN SOUTHWEST COLORADO…
  NORTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHWEST SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS.
  IN WEST CENTRAL COLORADO…GORE AND ELK MOUNTAINS/CENTRAL
  MOUNTAIN VALLEYS AND WEST ELK AND SAWATCH MOUNTAINS.

* UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING

* WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS
  AFTERNOON AND EVENING ESPECIALLY OVER MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN. THE
  STORMS AND SHOWERS WILL BE SLOW MOVING ALLOWING HEAVY RAIN TO
  FALL OVER THE SAME AREA INCREASING THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL.

* INTENSE RAINFALL IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME MAY LEAD TO FLASH
  FLOODING AND MUD AND ROCK SLIDES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS OF STEEP
  TERRAIN AND BURN SCARS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTION
SHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

REPOST (NOAA. National Weather Service)