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RWUS32 KDEN 132358

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COC121-140100-



FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

557 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2001



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR



  CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY



UNTIL 700 PM MDT.



AT 553 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 

HEAVIEST RAINS HAD MOVED EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THE ELBA AREA.  RADAR 

ESTIMATES UP TO 7 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER THE PAST THREE 

HOURS TO THE EAST AND NORTHEAST OF 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 3988 10323 3989 10293 4004 10292



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