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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

253 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 500 PM MDT



* AT 253 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTIONS OF ADAMS COUNTY. LITTLE 

MOVEMENT WAS NOTED WITH THESE STORMS.



ADDITIONAL STORMS WILL ALSO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY AND 

WILL EFFECT STREAMS SUCH AS COMANCHE...KIOWA...SAND...AND MULE 

CREEKS. 



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

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES UP TO 3 INCHES IN ONE HOUR.



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...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

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



LAT...LON 3974 10450 3975 10422 4003 10418 4003 10449



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