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FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

458 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2001



...A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR THE 

FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS AS WELL AS THE MOUNTAINS ALONG THE CONTINENTAL 

DIVIDE...



THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...



     EASTERN JACKSON...WESTERN AND CENTRAL LARIMER...EASTERN 

     GRAND...WESTERN BOULDER...WESTERN DOUGLAS...WESTERN 

     JEFFERSON...GILPIN...CLEAR CREEK...AND NORTHEASTERN PARK.



SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS ALL OF NORTHEAST AND 

NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO THIS EVENING.  THE STRONGER STORMS SO FAR 

TODAY HAVE PRODUCED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IN 40 

MINUTES...AND HAVE ALREADY CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS IN AND NEAR THE 

MOUNTAINS.  



ALTHOUGH THE RAIN HAS DIMINISHED ACROSS MOST OF THE FRONT RANGE 

FOOTHILLS AND MOUNTAINS...THERE IS STILL A THREAT OF MORE HEAVY RAIN 

PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS LATER THIS EVENING.  



IF A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS ISSUED OR FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE 

IMMEDIATELY TO HIGHER GROUND.  CAMPERS SHOULD STAY AWAY FROM 

CREEKS...STREAMS...AND RIVERS TONIGHT.  ROCK AND MUDSLIDES WILL ALSO 

BE A PROBLEM IN STEEP TERRAIN.



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BARJENBRUCH

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