The National Weather Service on Monday issued a flood advisory for portions of Denver and the metro area as heavy rains continue across the Front Range.
The advisory — encompassing portions of Denver, eastern Lakewood, Centennial, Highlands Ranch, Parker and Littleton — will be in effect until 7:30 p.m., NWS said on Twitter. An additional 1.5 inches of rain is expected to fall.
The National Weather Service also issued a flash flood watch Monday morning due to conditions conducive to sudden flooding as rain falls on Colorado’s northern Front Range mountains, including Rocky Mountain National Park, and burn scar terrain ravaged by 2020 wildfires.
Short bursts of heavy rain could set off floods and debris flows on mountains, in canyons, and around mountain foothills between noon and 10 p.m., weather service meteorologists said in a posting on Twitter. Weather service officials were forecasting heavy rainfall in Grand County and over the Cameron Peak, East Troublesome and Calwood fires burn scars. Robust storms will be capable of dropping up to an inch of rain in 30 minutes, forecasters said.
Colorado authorities have issued a “flood threat bulletin” warning of moderate and high flood risks on the burn scars. State authorities noted that soils in many areas are saturated from recent rainfall, raising risks near the burn scars and elsewhere around western Colorado. Debris and mudslides are possible.
