{"url_path":"/weather/alerts/2.49.0.1.840.0.cbc1d4c12f7ef4eb593dcab238f84e750fd5d03f.001.1","section_key":"alert","section_title":"Flash Flood Warning issued July 23 at 4:32PM MDT until July 23 at 7:30PM MDT by NWS Denver CO","topic":"weather","document":{"doc_type":"alert","doc_date":"2026-07-23","source_url":"https://api.weather.gov/alerts/urn%3Aoid%3A2.49.0.1.840.0.cbc1d4c12f7ef4eb593dcab238f84e750fd5d03f.001.1","accession_number":null,"cik":null,"ticker":null,"issuer_name":null,"edgar_url":null,"primary_entity_key":null,"primary_entity_name":"NWS Denver CO"},"word_count":227,"has_tables":false,"body_markdown":"# Flash Flood Warning: Flash Flood Warning issued July 23 at 4:32PM MDT until July 23 at 7:30PM MDT by NWS Denver CO\n\n**Severity:** Severe\n**Certainty:** Likely\n**Urgency:** Immediate\n**Areas:** Elbert, CO; Lincoln, CO\n**Issued by:** NWS Denver CO\n**Sent:** 2026-07-23T16:32:00-06:00\n**Effective:** 2026-07-23T16:32:00-06:00\n**Expires:** 2026-07-23T19:30:00-06:00\n\n## Description\nFFWBOU\n\nThe National Weather Service in Denver has issued a\n\n* Flash Flood Warning for...\nSoutheastern Elbert County in east central Colorado...\nCentral Lincoln County in east central Colorado...\n\n* Until 730 PM MDT.\n\n* At 432 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing\nheavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.5 inches of rain\nhave fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible\nin the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin\nshortly.\n\nHAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.\n\nSOURCE...Radar indicated.\n\nIMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, gulches,\nroads, and poor drainage and low-lying areas.\n\n* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...\nMainly rural areas of Southeastern Elbert and Central Lincoln\nCounties.\n\nThis includes the following streams and drainages...\nApache Creek, Mustang Creek, Antelope Creek, South Rush Creek,\nMiddle Rush Creek, Long Creek, Rush Creek and North Rush Creek.\n\n## Instructions\nTurn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood\ndeaths occur in vehicles.\n\nExcessive runoff from this storm will cause flash flooding of small\ncreeks and streams, country roads, farmland along creeks, and other\nlow lying areas."}