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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

101 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN GILPIN COUNTY IN CENTRAL COLORADO

  EASTERN GRAND COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO

  SOUTH CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO

  WESTERN BOULDER COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 500 PM MDT



* AT 101 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

  A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM 6 MILES          

  NORTHWEST OF LONGS PEAK TO CENTRAL CITY...OR FROM 36 MILES        

  SOUTHWEST OF FORT COLLINS TO 33 MILES WEST OF DENVER.  THE LINE OF

  STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.



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

PEAK...BRAINARD LAKE...CENTRAL CITY...ELDORA...LONGS PEAK...MT

AUDUBON AND TOLLAND.



RADAR INDICATES BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG THE 

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE IN ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET.  ADDITIONAL HEAVY 

RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 3 PM...WITH ANOTHER 1 TO 2 INCHES OF 

RAINFALL LIKELY.



THIS IS A POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING SITUATION



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 CREEKS

AND STREAMS...ROADS AND ROADSIDE CULVERTS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD ALSO

TRIGGER ROCK AND MUDSLIDES IN STEEP TERRAIN.



IT IS IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...

OR CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD

AVOID CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.



LAT...LON 4038 10559 4010 10557 3977 10550 3983 10561

          4001 10574 4038 10578



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