Rain showers and thunderstorms across Colorado on Wednesday could cause flash flooding, especially south of Denver, according to the National Weather Service.
The storms will start in Colorado’s mountains in the morning and spread across the Front Range and Eastern Plains through the afternoon, forecasters said.
Flooding is possible along the Palmer Divide and across the Eastern Plains, according to a hazardous weather outlook from the weather service.
Parts of Douglas, Lincoln, Elbert, El Paso, Las Animas, Pueblo and Teller counties will be under a flood watch, forecasters said Wednesday morning.
That flood watch, which starts at 1 p.m. Wednesday and has no listed end time, also includes Pikes Peak and multiple mountain ranges.
“Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers, creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations,” forecasters state in the alert. “Flooding may occur in poor drainage and urban areas.”
Severe storms threaten to bring large hail more than 1 inch in diameter and damaging wind gusts of at least 50 mph, forecasters said in the hazardous weather outlook.
Rain in Denver is most likely after 4 p.m. Wednesday, according to the weather service.
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