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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

515 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 700 PM MDT



* AT 514 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN 6 MILES EAST OF ELBA...OR ABOUT 15 MILES

  SOUTHEAST OF AKRON. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING

  SLOWLY SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.  RADAR ESTIMATES UP TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN 

  HAS FALLEN JUST NORTHEAST OF ELBA OVER THE PAST FEW HOURS.



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



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 SMALL

CREEKS AND STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...NORMALLY DRY WASHES AND

ARROYOS...AS WELL AS FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND STREAMS.



LAT...LON 4003 10323 3989 10323 3989 10292 4004 10292



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