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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

555 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF 

COLORADO EAST OF A GREELEY TO DENVER LINE UNTIL MIDNIGHT.  THIS 

INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF EASTERN WELD...EASTERN ADAMS...EASTERN 

ARAPAHOE...EASTERN ELBERT...LINCOLN...LOGAN...MORGAN... PHILLIPS... 

SEDGWICK AND WASHINGTON...



...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOOTHILLS AND 

ADJACENT AREAS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN CORRIDOR... 



THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS OF 

COLORADO EAST OF A GREELEY TO DENVER LINE.  THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE 

NORTHEAST PLAINS COULD PRODUCE UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN 

AN HOUR.  THIS INTENSE RAINFALL MAY CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF CREEKS 

AND STREAMS...AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS. 

 

IN THE FOOTHILLS AND ADJACENT AREAS ALONG THE FRONT RANGE URBAN 

CORRIDOR THE THREAT OF HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 

HAS DIMINISHED THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 



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.  



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SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

555 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A SMALL STREAM

FLOOD ADVISORY EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM MDT SATURDAY EVENING FOR PEOPLE

IN



  NORTHWESTERN ELBERT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL COLORADO

  EASTERN ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 554 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

HEAVY RAIN ALONG A LINE FROM STRASBURG TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF 

BYERS ACROSS CENTRAL ARAPAHOE COUNTY...OR ABOUT 36 MILES EAST OF 

DENVER.  THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAINFALL WAS MOVING VERY 

SLOW TO THE EAST AT 5 MPH.



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

COUNTRY GARDENS...DEER TRAIL...ELIZABETH...KIOWA...LEADER...PONDEROSA

PARK AND STRASBURG.



DOPPLER RADAR ESTIMATES THAT AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN FROM 

THIS STORM IN THE LAST HOUR.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE MINOR FLOODING OF SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE

ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS

SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY.

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.



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