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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

228 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN GILPIN... 

EASTERN GRAND...SOUTHWESTERN LARIMER...AND WESTERN BOULDER COUNTIES 

UNTIL 500 PM MDT...



AT 220 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

A LARGE AREA OF 1 TO 2.5 INCH RAINFALL ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE 

CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.  THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF 

CENTRAL CITY NORTHWARD INTO ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.  AS MUCH 

AS 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL 

CITY...POSING A HIGH RISK OF FLASH FLOODING TO THE NORTH FORK OF 

CLEAR CREEK THROUGH BLACKHAWK.  IN ADDITION...HIKING TRAILS HAVE 

BEEN WASHED OUT NEAR NYMPH LAKE IN ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK.



THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE IN THE WARNING AREA 

THROUGH 4 PM.  RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THE 

STRONGER STORMS WILL FURTHER AGGRAVATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.  



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

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

PEAK...MT AUDUBON...ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK...AND TOLLAND.



THIS IS A POTENTIAL LIFE THREATENING SITUATION



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 YOU ENCOUNTER FLASH FLOODING WHILE DRIVING THROUGH 

NARROW CANYONS...ABANDON YOUR VEHICLE IMMEDIATELY AND SEEK HIGHER 

GROUND.  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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