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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DENVER CO

351 PM MDT FRI AUG 31 2001



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST COLORADO



* UNTIL 600 PM MDT



* AT 341 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER SOUTHWEST CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY...OR      

  ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AKRON...WITH ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY     

  RAINFALL WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF AKRON. 



RAINFALL ESTIMATES OF 3 TO 6 INCHES MAY FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF WEST 

CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST WASHINGTON COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON.



HIGHWAY 71...BETWEEN LAST CHANCE AND WOODROW...WILL BE ESPECIALLY 

SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING.  PLUM CREEK...SAND CREEK AND ANTELOPE 

CREEK MAY HAVE FLOODED LOW LYING AREAS AS WELL.



THIS IS AN EXPANSION OF THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR WEST 

CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY.



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 3992 10371 3973 10370 3977 10333 4000 10329 4018 10334 

4014 10347 3999 10348



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