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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

145 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAIN IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT 

FOR THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT PLAINS OF NORTHEAST 

COLORADO...



THIS WATCH INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



DENVER...BOULDER...WELD...ADAMS...ARAPAHOE...DOUGLAS...JEFFERSON...

LARIMER...GILPIN...CLEAR CREEK...NORTHEASTERN PARK...AND WESTERN

ELBERT.



NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS 

HAD DEVELOPED OVER THE MOUNTAINS AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS EARLY 

THIS AFTERNOON AND WERE BEGINNING TO SPREAD ONTO THE PLAINS.  THE 

STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE WATCH AREA THROUGH LATE 

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  



EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 INCHES PER HOUR CAN BE 

EXPECTED FROM THE STRONGER STORMS.  THE INTENSE RAIN MAY CAUSE FLASH 

FLOODING OF URBAN AREAS...CREEKS AND STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING 

AREAS.



A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN

THE WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE ARE ADVISED TO CHECK PREPAREDNESS 

REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK ACTION IF 

FLASH FLOODING THREATENS.  CAMPERS AND OTHER OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS IN 

THE WATCH AREA SHOULD AVOID STREAMS...CREEKS...AND NARROW CANYONS 

THROUGH TONIGHT.  MOTORISTS SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF 

ROCK AND MUD SLIDES ON ROADWAYS THAT PASS THROUGH STEEP TERRAIN. 



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