A flood warning is in effect through 3 p.m. for Cherry Creek, from around Parker downstream to Cherry Creek Reservoir, as it's expected to flow over banks in lowlands and meadows. There are multiple road closures as well cowx
Colorado’s wet weather likely will continue through Friday, and flooding from the record-setting rainfall has forced road closures but is expected to dissipate late in the day.
The National Weather Service issued a flood watch for metro Denver, the mountain foothills and high plains effective through noon. Water was pooling on walkways and roads. Some streams andParts of Colorado’s Front Range urban corridor and eastern Colorado plains will receive more rain Friday afternoon. By evening the rain — and snow in the high mountains of western Colorado — will end, weather service forecasters said.
The high temperature in Denver will be 61 degrees Friday, decreasing to a low of 45 degrees at night, forecasters said. Partly sunny skies over metro Denver are expected Saturday with a high temperature of around 65 degrees, decreasing to a high of 57 degrees Sunday. Rain and thunderstorms are likely through the weekend and early next week, forecasters said.
Rainfall measured at 2.92 inches Thursday at Denver International Airport shattered the daily rainfall record of 1.55 inches set in 2011, weather service meteorologists announced Friday morning.: Colorado Department of Transportation officials re-opened U.S. 6, both eastbound and westbound lanes, between west metro Denver and Interstate 70, after earlier closures for safety due to flood dangers.: Weather service officials announced a flood warning effective through 3 p.m.
New record of daily rainfall of 2.92 inches at the Denver Airport shattered the previous record of 1.55 inches in 2011 on May 11, 2023.
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