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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

345 PM MDT THU AUG 2 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT

THURSDAY AFTERNOON FOR PEOPLE IN 



CENTRAL ADAMS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO

EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL WELD COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



AT 340 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUING ACROSS THE CENTRAL SECTIONS OF ADAMS

COUNTY. 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WEST THROUGH NORTH

OF BENNETT. 



TWO STORMS ARE CURRENTLY PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS NORTHWEST 

THROUGH NORTHEAST OF BENNETT. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED WITH

THESE STORMS. AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. 

THIS COULD CAUSE FLOODING ALONG COMANCHE...KIOWA...LOST...MULE AND 

SAND CREEKS.



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

AND WATKINS. 



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.



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