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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

303 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 600 PM MDT



* AT 303 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   

VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 9 MILES   

SOUTHWEST OF AKRON.  THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN HAVE 

CONTINUED TO TRACK OVER THIS SAME AREA IN THE PAST 2 HOURS.



RADAR ESTIMATES ANYWHERE FROM 3 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER 

THIS 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 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 3998 10347 3996 10348 3999 10328 4017 10333

          4014 10346 3999 10347



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