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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

340 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WESTERN GILPIN...EASTERN GRAND... 

SOUTHWESTERN LARIMER...AND WESTERN BOULDER COUNTIES HAS BEEN 

CANCELLED...



AT 330 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     

THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG THE CONTINENTAL 

DIVIDE FROM NORTHWEST OF CENTRAL CITY THROUGH ROCKY MOUNTAIN 

NATIONAL PARK HAD DIMINISHED.  LOCAL SHERIFF DEPARTMENTS REPORTED NO 

ADDITIONAL FLOODING PROBLEMS DURING THE LAST HOUR.  HOWEVER...NORTH 

CLEAR CREEK FROM NORTHWEST OF BLACKHAWK TO HIGHWAY 6 AND OTHER SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS WILL STILL RUN HIGH FOR SEVERAL HOURS.



ALTHOUGH THE STORMS HAVE DIMINISHED FOR THE TIME BEING...MORE 

THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MAY DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE AREA 

EARLY THIS EVENING.  PEOPLE SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND STAY TUNED TO 

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL NEWS MEDIA FOR THE LATEST 

UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.  A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN 

EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT.



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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