Cañon City, CO Weather

At 209 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have
fallen. The expected rainfall rate is 1 to 2 inches in 1 hour.
Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are possible in the
warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, roads, and
normally dry washes, as well as other poor drainage and
low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Mainly rural areas of North Central Fremont County.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
Tallahassee Creek, Cottonwood Creek, Squaw Creek, and their
tributaries.

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.

* WHERE...Teller, El Paso, Fremont, Crowley, Kiowa, Otero, Huerfano,
and Las Animas Counties, the Wet Mountain Valley and southern
Sangre de Cristo Mountains.

* WHEN...From noon MDT today through this evening.

* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- Areas of heavy rainfall occurred on Tuesday leading to saturated
grounds.  Additional heavy rainfall from thunderstorms today may
lead to continued flash flooding, especially in low lying, flood
prone areas.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.