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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

450 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER IS CONTINUING THE URBAN AND 

SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY UNTIL 510 PM MDT THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON 

FOR PEOPLE IN NORTHWEST ADAMS...EXTREME SOUTHEAST BOULDER... 

NORTHEAST JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWEST WELD COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST 

COLORADO.



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

HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST DENVER METROPOLITAN AREA...WITH THE 

STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL OVER NORTHERN WESTMINSTER...OR 

ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF DENVER.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN 

WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.



LOCATIONS IN THE ADVISORY INCLUDE...BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO...NORTHERN

ARVADA...BROOMFIELD...NORTHGLENN...THORNTON...WESTMINSTER...DACONO...

FEDERAL HEIGHTS...LAFAYETTE...LOUISVILLE AND SUPERIOR.



AT 4:30 PM MDT A WEATHER SPOTTER IN BROOMFIELD REPORTED 0.92 INCH OF 

RAIN IN 23 MINUTES.  IN ADDITION TO THE HEAVY RAINFALL THIS STORM 

HAS PRODUCED WIND GUSTS ESTIMATED TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZE HAIL.  



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...CITY STREETS AND UNDERPASSES.

ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS

AND STREAMS AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO MINOR FLOODING.



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