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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

805 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 2001



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR 

WELD...AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF ARAPAHOE AND EASTERN ADAMS COUNTIES...



...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CANCELLED FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND FRONT 

RANGE FOOTHILLS...



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS CANCELLED THE FLASH FLOOD 

WATCH FOR THE URBAN CORRIDOR AND FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS. RADAR 

INDICATED ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS DENVER AND IN THE FOOTHILLS 

OF JEFFERSON COUNTIES. THERE ARE STILL SOME LINGERING PROBLEMS ALONG 

I-70 WEST OF DENVER WITH ROCK AND MUDSLIDES...BUT NO ADDITIONAL 

RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE PROBLEMS FURTHER. 



MEANWHILE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES ACROSS WELD AND EASTERN 

PORTIONS OF ADAMS AND ARAPAHOE COUNTIES. RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN 

CONTINUES ACROSS CENTRAL WELD COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF GREELEY 

WHERE REPORTS OF FLOODING HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 4 

TO 6 INCHES OF RAINFALL IN AND AROUND THE GREELEY AREA. 



FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE WITHIN THE 

WATCH AREA.  PEOPLE IN THE WATCH AREA ARE ADVISED TO CHECK FLOOD 

PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS...KEEP INFORMED...AND BE READY FOR QUICK 

ACTION IF FLASH FLOODING THREATENS.  DRIVERS ARE URGED TO NOT DRIVE 

OVER FLOODED ROADWAYS AS THE UNDERLYING ROAD SURFACE MAY HAVE BEEN 

WASHED AWAY.  REMEMBER...LESS THAN TWO FEET OF MOVING FLOOD WATER 

CAN CARRY AWAY MOST VEHICLES.    



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