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WGUS55 KBOU 150032

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COC075-150200-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

630 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PEOPLE IN NORTHERN LOGAN 

COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO UNTIL 800 PM MDT. 



AT 6:20 PM MDT...THE LOGAN COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED FLOOD 

WATER A HALF FOOT DEEP RUNNING OVER HIGHWAY 138 NEAR ILIFF.  AT 

ABOUT THE SAME TIME A WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED 2.3 INCHES OF RAIN 

HAD FALLEN IN PADRONI IN THE PAST HOUR.    



AT 5:32 PM MDT...THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT ALSO REPORTED FLOOD WATER A 

FOOT DEEP RUNNING OVER LOGAN COUNTY ROAD 48 AND HIGHWAY 113 3 MILES 

EAST OF PADRONI.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WAS 

MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE EAST AT 5 MPH.



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

ILIFF...NORTH STERLING RESERVOIR...PADRONI...PEETZ...PROCTOR...TWIN

BUTTES AND WESTPLAINS.



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.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS AND UNDERPASSES. ADDITIONALLY...COUNTRY

ROADS AND FARMLANDS ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS AND OTHER 

LOW LYING AREAS ARE SUBJECT TO FLASH FLOODING.



LAT...LON 4077 10356 4070 10329 4069 10296 4075 10281 4083 10270     

      4098 10273 4098 10311 4090 10356 



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