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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER/BOULDER CO
438 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2014

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JACKSON COUNTY BELOW 9000 FEET-
WEST JACKSON AND WEST GRAND COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
GRAND AND SUMMIT COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND EAST JACKSON/LARIMER/NORTH AND NORTHEAST GRAND/
NORTHWEST BOULDER COUNTIES ABOVE 9000 FEET-
SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST GRAND/WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST BOULDER/
GILPIN/CLEAR CREEK/SUMMIT/NORTH AND WEST PARK COUNTIES ABOVE
9000 FEET-LARIMER AND BOULDER COUNTIES BETWEEN 6000 AND 9000 FEET-
JEFFERSON AND WEST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET/GILPIN/CLEAR
CREEK/NORTHEAST PARK COUNTIES BELOW 9000 FEET-
CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARK COUNTY-
LARIMER COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTHWEST WELD COUNTY-
BOULDER AND JEFFERSON COUNTIES BELOW 6000 FEET/WEST BROOMFIELD
COUNTY-
NORTH DOUGLAS COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/DENVER/WEST ADAMS AND
ARAPAHOE COUNTIES/EAST BROOMFIELD COUNTY-
ELBERT/CENTRAL AND EAST DOUGLAS COUNTIES ABOVE 6000 FEET-
NORTHEAST WELD COUNTY-CENTRAL AND SOUTH WELD COUNTY-MORGAN COUNTY-
CENTRAL AND EAST ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES-
NORTH AND NORTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/NORTH LINCOLN
COUNTY-
SOUTHEAST ELBERT COUNTY BELOW 6000 FEET/SOUTH LINCOLN COUNTY-
LOGAN COUNTY-WASHINGTON COUNTY-SEDGWICK COUNTY-PHILLIPS COUNTY-
438 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2014

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTH CENTRAL
COLORADO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODS OF SHOWERS ALONG WITH A FEW AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WILL
OCCUR TODAY.  ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS ON AVERAGE WILL RANGE
FROM ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH THUS THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE LOWER TODAY. THE SHOWERS WILL GRADUALLY DECREASE THIS
EVENING WITH MOST ACTIVITY ENDING BY MIDNIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL
BE MUCH COOLER TODAY AS WELL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WILL REMAIN OVER COLORADO WITH TEMPERATURES
GRADUALLY WARMING THROUGH THE PERIOD. MONSOONAL MOISTURE WILL
CONTINUE MOVING INTO THE STATE WHICH WILL PRODUCE AFTERNOON AND
EVENING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...PRIMARILY OVER THE MOUNTAINS
AND FOOTHILLS. SHOWERS MAY ALSO MOVE OUT ONTO THE PLAINS AT TIMES.
SHOWERS WILL TEND TO BE SLOW MOVING AND CAPABLE OF PRODUCING
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH WILL MAINTAIN THE THREAT OF FLOODING
OR FLASH FLOODING ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT BUT
RAINFALL REPORTS WILL BE APPRECIATED.

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