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COC069-091800-



BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER COLORADO

900 AM MDT THU AUG 9 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL COLORADO INCLUDING THE

  BOBCAT BURN AREA



* UNTIL 12 NOON MDT



* AT 900 AM MDT...THE WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FALLING OVER CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY...OR 

ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF FORT COLLINS.  THE STORM PRODUCING THE HEAVY 

RAIN WAS MOVING VERY LITTLE.



A COLD FRONT PUSHED THROUGH COLORADO LAST NIGHT AND LOW LEVEL 

UPSLOPE FLOW IS NOW IN PLACE OVER THE FRONT RANGE FOOTHILLS.  AS A 

RESULT AN AREA OF MODERATE TO HEAVY CONSISTENT RAINFALL HAS BEEN 

ANCHORED TO THE FOOTHILLS OF LARIMER COUNTY.  GAUGES AND RADAR 

RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATED THAT UP TO ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN 

IN THE PAST HOUR.  THE RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE 

REMAINDER OF THE MORNING.

 

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.



LAT...LON 4047 10542 4043 10537 4045 10522 4054 10525

          4053 10540



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