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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

445 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER IS CONTINUING THE FLASH FLOOD 

WARNING FOR WESTERN ARAPAHOE AND SOUTH CENTRAL DENVER COUNTIES UNTIL 

530 PM MDT.



AT 445 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN HAS MOVED NORTH AND WEST OF 

THE WARNING AREA.



LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...

SOUTHWESTERN AURORA...SOUTH CENTRAL DENVER...BUCKLEY AFB...CENTENNIAL

AND GREENWOOD VILLAGE.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE. IF YOUR VEHICLE STALLS ABANDON IT IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK

HIGHER GROUND.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND UP TO 3.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS 

FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA SINCE 2:15 PM.  THE GROUND WAS ALREADY 

SATURATED FROM PREVIOUS DAYS RAINFALL.  PLENTY OF STREET FLOODING 

HAS BEEN REPORTED OVER MANY AREAS OF AURORA ALREADY.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES

AS WELL AS OTHER DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS.



LAT...LON 3958 10496 3958 10477 3971 10463 3972 10485



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