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COC069-091800-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

1035 AM MDT THU AUG 9 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL LARIMER COUNTY 

...INCLUDING THE BOBCAT BURN AREA UNTIL 12 NOON MDT.



AT 1035 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 

ONLY LIGHT RAIN FALLING OVER THE BOBCAT BURN AREA IN CENTRAL LARIMER 

COUNTY.  THE SHOWERS WILL MOVING SLOWLY WESTWARD AT UNDER 5 

MPH.



OFFICIALS MONITORING THE SITUATION AT THE BURN AREA INDICATE LITTLE 

FLOODING HAS OCCURRED YET.  AS OF 10:30 AM...THE STORM MOUNTAIN 

GAUGE IN THE BOBCAT BURN AREA RECORDED 1.54 INCHES OF RAINFALL SINCE 

THE RAIN STARTED THIS MORNING AROUND 6 AM MDT.  THE OTHER GAUGE IN 

THE BURN AREA AT GREEN RIDGE RECORDED 0.94 INCHES IN THAT TIME.



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 RAINFALL HAS BEEN ANCHORED TO THE FOOTHILLS OF THE FRONT 

RANGE.  RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE 

MORNING OVER THE BURN AREA.  



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 MAY 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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